The Catholic Church operates the world's largest non-governmental system of schools and healthcare facilities. Globally, Catholic institutions serve millions of students and patients. Over 62 million students are enrolled in primary and secondary schools. Healthcare forms the bedrock of the church with 5,000 hospitals, 10,000 orphanages and 18,000 clinics, 10,500 creches, 3,000 rehabilitation centres. Besides, the churches run 33,000 homes for the sick, dying and destitutes, including 550 leprosy care homes. Caritas Internationalis, the charity arm of the Catholic church , is the second largest aid provider of the world after Red Cross, providing humanitarian emergency relief during natural calamities and disasters. Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 167 national Catholic organizations working in over 200 countries and territories. Unlike the Red Cross Caritas does not receive state funding. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a large international charitable organization with a significant global footprint. It has approximately 800,000 active members and 1.5 million volunteers working in 154 countries. The organization helps over 30 million people each year. They work in parishes , adopting indigent families, providing them with rations and financial aid among other things.
