No 134 spring 2013
Fruits of the earth Enough food for everyone Breadfruit in the garden island Food security in Fiji Strawberry fields A new crop in Bangladesh
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FROM THE IPM The last issue of Caritasnews was Jack de Groot’s final as CEO of Caritas Australia. This issue’s letter is from the International Programs Manager (IPM), Jamie Davies. In this issue, we focus on food security and agriculture. Although the world produces enough food to feed every child, woman and man, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that over 12 percent of the global population – 870 million people – are undernourished. Of these, 852 million live in developing countries. Responding to the global challenge of hunger by enabling communities to become food secure on their own is a cornerstone of Caritas programs around the globe; the right to food is fundamental to our integral approach to human development. Can you imagine if your day was spent searching for food or to make ends meet? On average, the world’s poor spend 70 percent of their daily income on food, and many children miss out on attending school because they are working the family farm or earning money to purchase food. A bountiful harvest and access to the right nutritional balance means families in poor communities can benefit on many fronts. More women can achieve healthy pregnancies and deliveries, more children have the chance to become healthy adults, and people struggling with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria can ensure their treatments work. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI: “To face this crisis, peacemakers are called to work together in a spirit of solidarity, from the local to the international level, with the aim of enabling farmers, especially in small rural holdings, to carry out their activity in a dignified and sustainable way from the social, environmental and economic points of view.“ Over the next five years, Caritas Australia’s key area of focus is on sustainable livelihoods and food security for the poorest of the poor. With your help we can enhance their wellbeing so they can become self-sufficient and leaders of their own development. In solidarity, Explore our world
Jamie Davies, IPM
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Cover: A woman working in her rice field near one of Caritas Australia’s project sites in Cambodia. Photo: Philong Sovan
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Caritas Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land.
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ISLAND: FIJI 06 STRONG COMMUNITIES: PERU 07 GIVING BACK: KENYA 09 STRAWBERRY FIELDS: BANGLADESH 10 A PRAYER FOR FOOD 11 CARITAS COMMUNITY: RUN TO BETTER DAYS
Food Security and Agriculture
Fruits of the Earth “Millions of people are still suffering and dying of starvation. This is truly scandalous. A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth ... to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness, and respect for every human being.” Pope Francis, June 2013 According to the United Nations, as many as eight million children die every year from malnutrition and preventable diseases such as diarrhoea, measles and malaria. One in eight of the world’s people do not get adequate nutrition. Hunger and malnutrition are huge problems. It’s thanks to supporters like you that Caritas Australia can continue assisting whole communities through our long-term development programs. Thanks to you, we can help Every year, we assist thousands of people with access to regular nutritious food and clean water. Our emergency teams provide food aid in times of drought and other natural disasters; however our everyday work is about helping people achieve long-term food security and healthier lives free from poverty. “Rather than giving someone a fish to eat, we empower people to catch their own fish,” said Jamie Davies, International Programs Manager. “Our aim is to end poverty by assisting vulnerable communities to become architects of their own development. We achieve this by helping them access appropriate seeds and tools, training in sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, better irrigation systems, and markets. We also strengthen their
A fisherman diversifying his income by collecting shrimp larvae in the Kholpetua River on the edge of the Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh. He sells these to sustainable shrimp cultivation farms. Photo: Richard Wainwright
literacy, numeracy and business skills move forward into a more productive so they can grow their incomes and and sustainable future. independence.” As Pope Francis said, “There is a need Through our AusAID long-term to move beyond indifference and a development programs, in 2011/12 tendency to look the other way, and we helped 79,614 urgently to attend to women and men immediate needs … “Rather than giving learn new agricultural leaving behind the someone a fish to eat, temptations of power, techniques; and we empower people 78,677 people wealth, or self-interest to catch their own fish.” and instead serving living in rural areas experienced greater the human family, food security. Communities like these especially the needy and those suffering now have access to food, a range of from hunger and malnutrition.” nutrition sources, reserves for the lean With your support, Caritas Australia times and opportunities to earn an and the international Caritas network income. Our agency moves beyond will continue to serve our human family, basic needs and encourages women, supporting marginalised and vulnerable men and children to increase their communities and helping them to own knowledge and skills so they can benefit from the fruits of the earth.
What is the Caritas network doing?
In 2013-14, Caritas Australia’s 39 long-term development programs in agriculture, food security and nutrition will help the poorest of the poor across the globe. Caritas Internationalis member organisations will unite on a global anti-poverty campaign ‘One Human Family without Hunger and Poverty’. “[This] is more than just a slogan for our confederation. It is the summary of our will to fight injustice and poverty. It is a simple expression of our understanding of the world,” said Caritas President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez.
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THE PACIFIC: FIJI
breadfruit in the Garden Island A recent visit to Caritas Australia’s partner the Tutu Rural Training Centre in Taveuni, Fiji, showcased how simple, cost-effective actions can make a tangible difference in the lives of rural families. By Stephanie Lalor, Program Coordinator, PACIFIC ISLANDS
Taveuni, the third largest island in Fiji, with its rich vegetation and rural nature is fondly referred to as the Garden Island. At the Tutu Rural Training Centre, local farmers are being taught how to use traditional and new methods of planting to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food, particularly during and after natural disasters. While in Fiji, Stephanie caught up with Father Petero Matairatu who has been overseeing the implementation of the sustainability project since it began in February 2012.
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Soil Schools In Taveuni, many families focus on growing crops such as yaqona (kava) and dalo for income, planting them in the best soil available. This means many local fruits and vegetables are not grown for food and instead, ‘western’ foods such as rice and sugar are being purchased from shops with newly acquired incomes. By integrating simple techniques to grow local foods, Tutu is encouraging young farmers to focus on the benefits of agriculture for healthy living as well as income generation.
Through soil schools, for example, young farmers are learning how to test soil fertility and use strategies to improve soil quality. “We use biological farming techniques, which are a combination of traditional and contemporary farming techniques to improve soil fertility,” said Father Petero. One technique involves using the local mukuna bean, which is a small seed resembling a jelly bean. Planting the mukuna bean in less fertile soil and allowing it to grow as foliage across the soil rehabilitates the ground with the nutrients required for planting fruits and vegetables. So far, 35 farmers have attended the soil schools and are seeing an increase in crop yields. “Farmers are benefiting from these schools, as they are now able to use what was once degraded land by re-fertilising it and being able to plant on it again –
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A popular tourist destination, Taveuni is the third-largest island in Fiji. Rich in natural resources, Fiji is one of the most developed Pacific Island nations, yet many Fijians still live in poverty. Caritas Australia is working in Fiji on peacebuilding, human rights, education, employment and food security. Population: 861,000 (Fiji); 15,000 (Taveuni)
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A group of young farmers graduating from the Tutu Rural Training Centre’s four-year course. A new group of farmers is now benefiting from additional skills offered through the sustainability project.
Taro, a root crop, can quickly be wiped out by flooding and heavy rain. Local farmers are being taught new planting methods to ensure access to healthy and nutritious food, particularly during and after natural disasters.
this has a significant impact on their crop yields,” said Father Petero. Another key issue impacting, and often destroying, the sustainability of rural livelihoods is cyclones. The crop yaqona, for example, takes four years to grow and can easily be destroyed in difficult environmental conditions. Similarly taro, a root crop, can quickly be wiped out by flooding and heavy rain.
During Cyclone Evan in December 2012, 80 percent of plants in the nursery were saved and were distributed to farmers to re-establish their planting. Tutu plans to support a number of young farmers around the island to develop their own micro-nurseries so they can demonstrate techniques to other farmers and, in doing so, encourage others to plant more of these crops.
PREVENTATIVE Measures In 2010, Cyclone Tomas decimated the farmers’ crops and had a significant impact on their livelihoods. By maturing young plants in a nursery prior to planting, there is a greater guarantee that crops will develop stronger root systems to withstand the impact of such events. As well, the nursery ensures that young plants can be safeguarded during an emergency and if crops are wiped out, farmers are able to access plants already growing.
Breadfruit Boulevard Tutu knows that breadfruit, a sturdy vegetable grown on trees, fares better during natural disasters. So they are teaching young farmers and rural families propagation methods which allow breadfruit to grow at a lower
height. This way crops can develop stronger root systems and the ability to better withstand heavy winds and rain. This method is helping to provide food security during natural disasters. “At Tutu we have developed a Breadfruit Boulevard where we use these methods to grow breadfruit. More farmers are realising that it is an important traditional food and one that is an important food source during emergencies.” In utilising existing traditional knowledge and new techniques, rural families are rediscovering the importance of promoting traditional foods to enhance healthy living and food security.
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LATIN AMERICA: PERU
strong communities Since 1980, local partner Caritas Huacho has been working alongside the Andean and coastal communities of Peru to improve their agriculture and dairy production. The success of the Rural Development Program is testament to their strong partnerships and the support of Caritas Australia. This program has a number of facets. Not only does it work to improve the production of livestock and fruits and vegetables, it encourages communities to access their rights as citizens of Peru and facilitate civic participation, with the desired outcome of strong, wellcoordinated rural communities with access to education and better healthcare. Luis Castillo Polo, Secretary General of Caritas Huacho recently said, “Over the years, we have formed friendships with the communities and they share their daily concerns with us. In the same way our staff work with them day by day, we’re partnering with them in their daily lives. Many of them place their trust in us and together we share food, customs and traditions as equals. They have confidence in us and our work; they all know Caritas.” Fruits and vegetables Across the regions, agricultural and livestock activities have been passed down through the generations. This program works to improve quality of life by training community members in sustainable agriculture and organic production, thereby increasing the
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productivity of crops such as potatoes, broad beans and peas. These activities provide food security and help to generate an income from surplus produce. Communities are also producing fruit such as peaches, avocado, apples and custard apple (cherimoya). For a number of years, Caritas Huacho has been working with a small community near the River Chico. The provision of tools and specialised training provided by Caritas means this community is now producing award-winning organic custard apples and generating an income for many families. Livestock production To strengthen cattle stock across the communities, Caritas Huacho has provided a number of Swiss Brown bulls and cows, and many communities also breed sheep and alpacas. These animals are used for milk, meat or wool while the dry cow pats are used for fuel (for cooking). To ensure the animals’ good health Caritas provided alfalfa seeds for pasture to supplement natural grasses; these are growing well. Farmers have also learnt basic veterinary training and received veterinary kits to care for their animals.
“The Catholic Church and particularly the church in Peru has reinforced the Preferential Option of the Poor as central to our faith and the need to engage with each other.” To strengthen cattle stock across the rural communities, Caritas Huacho provided a number of Swiss Brown bulls and cows.
With an increase in agricultural knowledge, an increase in income and the generous support of Caritas Australia supporters like you, the farmers are now able to grow more nutritious food and send their children to school. They also have increased access to better healthcare. “We’re a church organisation and Catholic Social Teaching is a very important component of our work. The Catholic Church and particularly the church in Peru has reinforced the Preferential Option of the Poor as central to our faith and the need to engage with each other,” said Luis.
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Africa: KENYA
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Bernard Wasonga is a Livestock Production Officer with Caritas Malindi in Kenya. After crediting his local community for his upbringing, he feels that his true path is to give back. Bernard is absolutely committed to assisting local rural families improve their livelihoods and food security. Bernard and his brother grew up without parents, but his local community and particularly his grandmother ensured that all the children in the local area were fed and attended school. He regards his upbringing with fondness and respect, and says he appreciated the way everyone worked together. At school, Bernard excelled in biology and chemistry and was awarded a government sponsorship to attend the Ministry of Livestock Development Dairy Training Institute in Naivasha where he received his Bachelor Degree. After several livestock roles, three and a half years ago Bernard applied for a livestock role with the Catholic Diocese of Malindi. He recalls the relief and pleasure of receiving the job. “I didn’t mind how much I was paid or where the work was, I just wanted to be involved in promoting a strong community – spiritually, socially and economically. I also wanted to teach them to help each other and build a community as good as the one I grew up with,” he said.
Malindi Livelihoods Project The Caritas Australia funded Malindi Livelihoods Project works in an area of high food insecurity due to droughts, farmer vulnerability and subsequent inadequate resources to mitigate drought. By utilising the church networks to find the poorest and most vulnerable communities, Caritas Malindi supports projects that address microfinance, food insecurity, water, sanitation and hygiene. This is achieved, for example, by giving farmers agricultural tools and teaching them modern sustainable farming techniques such as growing drought tolerant crops, irrigating vegetable crops and developing tree nurseries for agroforestry.
Bernard Wasonga is proud to work with local partner, Caritas Malindi, and now helps over 600 vulnerable farmers.
Bernard said he “I didn’t mind how has been a consistent weekly presence at group appreciates Caritas much I was paid meetings where he jokes Malindi’s approach to or where the work and discusses issues freely. community development was, I just wanted He has also become a as it supports the most to be involved in trusted source of advice vulnerable. In fact, in the local area of Langobaya promoting a strong and the farmers happily share their successes where he works, 80 community – with him. percent of the farmers are spiritually, socially Through his extensive female and many of them and economically,” knowledge of livestock are widows. management and his Bernard’s role focuses caring and generous nature, Bernard is on caring for livestock. He teaches helping to improve the livelihoods of the the farmers how to build goat houses most vulnerable. and the principles of goat health and Thank you to all Caritas Australia management. After the training, farmers supporters. Without you we wouldn’t then receive improved breed goats to be able to assist communities like increase their herd size. these. Our aim is for marginalised However before introducing teaching communities to steer their own and training, Bernard said it’s best to development and become self-sufficient, go open hearted and at the community so they can look forward to the future level; to listen and learn the culture, and knowing that their families and to respect ideas and not to enforce them. communities are happy, safe and well. He has learned the local language and
Bernard training local families to construct a goat house. He has learnt the local language and holds a great relationship with the farmers. Photos: Caritas Malindi
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Southeast Asia: CAMBODIA
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Nov Sokun is a widow with a large family and together they live in a small Cambodian village where, for many years, Sokun earnt a small income from rice farming. However with the rice yield no longer able to support the family, local partner, Caritas Cambodia lent a hand. Sokun, 54, lives in the Rukh Kiri District of Cambodia. With five children and three grandchildren, life is very busy. Thankfully her two older children are earning a small income for the family, however with school fees for four children under 10 years of age to pay, and two younger grandchildren to care for – the days can be tough. In 2011, when her small plot of land, one and a quarter acres in total, could no longer produce enough rice or income to support the family, Sokun could no longer afford to send her children or grandchildren to school, and her health started to deteriorate. To get enough money for food, Sokun had to borrow funds at a high rate of interest from a local money lender. However to pay back the loan she had to find extra casual work in her neighbouring community. Unfortunately this meant leaving her younger children and grandchildren at home.
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Sokun with her five children and three grandchildren. Thanks to the relief package from local partner, Caritas Cambodia, Sokun is able to care for her family. Photo: Caritas Cambodia
through the villages means she is now able to spend more time cooking her income-producing cakes and has extra money available to buy bananas for her cakes. Thanks to this support and Sokun’s determination and skills, her income has doubled and she can now send her youngest daughter and three grandchildren to school. “I’m so happy to tell you that my family is Assisting the “This support helps better than before. I Poorest my family a lot. It can use my bicycle to Later that same year, changed my family fetch the water from Caritas Cambodia situation. I would like the pond and my identified the poorest grandchildren can ride people in her village to say thank you to to school now,” Sokun and invited Sokun to Caritas for helping said happily. a community meeting. the poorest people. “This support helps This event was lifePeople who have never my family a lot. It changing as Sokun received any assistance changed my family learnt about the work situation. I would like Caritas does with local like this before.” to say thank you to communities and, as a Caritas for helping the poorest people. first step towards a better life, received People who have never received any a relief package which contained 15kg assistance like this before.” of rice, one jar, seeds for planting and Sokun’s plans for the future are agricultural tools. to increase her rice growing activity After speaking with one of the field and open a small home-based workers and describing her vision for grocery shop. the future, Sokun then received kitchen Thank you for supporting our work, equipment for cake baking, thereby together we will continue to identify being able to earn more money. She other families in need and help them was also given a bicycle which she uses achieve a better life. to collect palm fruit. Being able to ride On the days she couldn’t find extra work, Sokun collected the local palm fruit which she then used to make cakes and earn a small income. However, to collect the necessary fruit she needed the assistance of her granddaughter. Together they would walk 8km through three villages, often gathering between 8 and 12 palm fruits.
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SOUTH asia: BANGLADESH
strawberry Fields When auto rickshaw driver, Faruq watched a television program about the cultivation of strawberries, he felt inspired. Very quickly he sourced information from the local Caritas and set to work. His success, in a country where strawberries are relatively unknown, is extraordinary. Faruq, 29, is from Rangunia Upazila in Chittagong, southeast Bangladesh. He is a great example of how the international Caritas network can assist people from poor and marginalised areas. In Faruq’s village and surrounding areas, the most regular crop cultivated is tobacco. So the idea of growing strawberries was entirely new to the area. Faruq decided his first step was to speak with Caritas Bangladesh who work closely with the local agricultural office. In 2012, Faruq became a member of Caritas Bangladesh’s livelihood program which trains small farmers and landholders in sustainable agriculture and organic farming. The Natural Resources Management Project (NRMP), which is funded by Caritas Australia and AusAID, was exactly what he needed to move forward on his idea. Very quickly Faruq gathered as much knowledge as he could on strawberry
Strawberries from Faruq’s farm have been very well received and there is a high demand for his produce in the markets of Chittagong city and Rangunia. farming, and with the support of the program, set to work. As he didn’t have access to a sufficient amount of land for the commercial production of strawberries, Faruq borrowed funds to acquire more land and was also given a small Caritas grant to move forward. He told us, “Previously we used to cultivate tobacco on our land. We always used chemical fertiliser and pesticides for cultivation. With the support of Caritas, it has been possible to cultivate strawberries instead of tobacco. Caritas also assisted in the preparation of organic fertiliser and regularly followed up with me.” Strawberries from Faruq’s farm have been very well received and there is a high demand for his produce in the markets of Chittagong city and Rangunia.
In July this year, Caritas Bangladesh received first prize in organic production at an agricultural fair and Faruq (above, at right) received first prize for strawberry cultivation.
The income he is earning is helping him to pay off the loan for the land; he can also afford better healthcare and more nutritious food – for him and his immediate family. In July this year, Caritas Bangladesh received first prize in organic production at an agricultural fair organised by the Agricultural Department of Rangunia, and Faruq received first prize for strawberry cultivation. The next step for this strawberry farmer is to cultivate his crop on a large scale in Rangunia next season where most of the farmers grow tobacco. Faruq believes it is a new learning in his life and that many farmers have asked him to teach them about growing strawberries. Faruq is excited about the future and his new life path.
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Photos: Anurup Kanti Das/Caritas Bangladesh
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a prayer for Food Dear Lord, We thank you for the blessings of food, water, shelter, family and wellbeing. As we enjoy healthy food, we will think of those who struggle to feed their families every day. You taught us to pray. As we say “Give us today our daily bread” we make that prayer also for the millions who go hungry every day. You fed the hungry.
“The one who is nourished on the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent before the one who, even in our day, is deprived of daily bread.”
Inspire in us the commitment to follow your example, showing compassion in action and sharing what we have with those who have less. You cared for all. Help us to remember your command to love one another. Help us to see you in each of our brothers and sisters – especially those who are in need. You are the Bread of Life. Strengthen us as we work for justice in the world. Help us to stand in solidarity with the poorest of the poor. You came so that we could have life and have it to the full. Our prayer is that this might be true for all. We pray that communities and governments recognise our shared responsibility to be more just in sharing the world’s resources. Help us to care more deeply, live more simply and share more fully. Amen “How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses to help?” - 1 John 3.17
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PHOTO: Laura Sheahen, ACT Caritas
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Run to better days For the second year in a row, Caritas Australia supporter and medical student, Daniel Charles, 21, coordinated Run to Better Days – an epic 15-day, 1400km run along the Queensland coast. Nicole Clements put on her runners to find out more. From 5 to 19 July, 20 athletes pounded the pavements for a good cause – to raise money for the world’s poor and increase awareness about social justice and global poverty. This year, as part of the event, the team also spoke to more than 10,000 Queensland Catholic primary and secondary school students along the way. Inspired by the plight of hundreds of millions of people worldwide who still go hungry, and don’t have access to safe drinking water or basic healthcare, Daniel spent a year planning last year’s event. “I found that Caritas Australia shared my enthusiasm for educating the younger generation about poverty and were willing to assist me in my endeavours to do so. This afforded us a number of opportunities to speak about our passion to school students across Queensland, empowering them to believe that they can make a difference in the lives of the world’s poorest people.” After raising $26,000 in 2012, Daniel and his team were inspired to do it all again, with this year’s event raising over $12,600 so far. It’s an awesome effort by an energetic bunch of people, 11 of whom are busy medical students from James Cook University. They started their long journey in Mackay and, running in relay fashion, made it all the way down to Coolangatta. As they crossed the finish line on the NSW/Queensland border, they celebrated with high fives, balloons and a few sighs of relief. “Once again the event has been a great success and we’re really happy,” said Daniel. “We’re feeling tired, but have been spurred on by the energy
and passion of the people we’ve met along the way. I managed to run 100 kilometres, but others like Gabriella Springall ran an amazing 180 kilometres.
“It was a courageous effort by everyone involved and to those who supported us we say a big thank you.” To donate or find out more about Run to Better Days, please go to www.runtobetterdays.com Do you feel inspired to hold your own event for Caritas Australia? Head to www.caritas.org.au/fundraising or contact communityfundraising@ caritas.org.au Thank you to Daniel and the team, from all at Caritas Australia!
“I cannot express how much organising this event has enriched my life over the last three years. The Caritas Australia team is an extraordinarily helpful, committed and friendly group who make fundraising a genuine pleasure, and given the remarkable work Caritas does to improve the lives of those living in poverty across the globe, it goes without saying that Caritas’ mission is well and truly one worth supporting.”
Daniel Charles (middle row, second from right) and the Run to Better Days team. Photo: Courtesy Run to Better Days
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