Caritas is the Roman Catholic church’s principal charity organisation in Spain. It provides a large amount of aid and support nationally and internationally and is coordinated on a parish level, i.e. you should initially seek support from your local parish church and programmes available will vary by parish. Its philosophy at a parish level focuses on supporting a person in need and counselling over a period of time. See the weblink for a map of parish centres in Malaga province. At a provincial level, food is distributed from a central storehouse to other organisations who give food or hot meals. In Malaga city there is also a shelter at Calle Pozos Dulces, 12.