Caritas News 2016 Summer

CARITASNEWS #147 | SUMMER 2016

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This year I was fortunate to attend an inspiring gathering of Pacific Church leaders and the CEOs of regional Caritas agencies.

We all strive for a world where all people live with dignity. This year, our supporters acted to make this a reality.

Hosted by the Archbishop of Samoa and with active participation by Cardinal Mafi of Tonga and Archbishop Chong of Fiji, we agreed on a plan to strengthen our joint preparations for, and responses to, humanitarian emergencies.

We need to: 1. Rebuild our international aid and development contribution to 0.36% of our gross national income or 2012 levels by the end of his term of government.

As you know, many of these countries have experienced major natural disasters over recent years. With the anticipated increase in the frequency of cyclones in the region over the next decade, the Caritas network will give priority to this area of practical collaboration.

2. Strengthen our climate change targets by establishing a plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and providing our fair share of funding to help communities affected by climate change.

We also reflected on aspects of the Pope’s 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, and our State of the Environment Report for Oceania 2016, which was jointly published with Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Caritas Tonga and released in October this year. You can read the report in full at www.caritas.org.au/hungryforjustice One of Pope Francis’ themes is that there are not separate crises underway, rather there is a combined, emerging crisis bringing together social and environmental components.

All participants expressed appreciation for the State of the Environment Report. They see it as an important contribution to inform regional and global audiences.

While visiting the Pacific islands, it was refreshing to again recognise the remarkable strength of society-wide faith and resourcefulness within their communities. We value our working relationships with Caritas Oceania members, church agencies and Disaster Management Organisations, and look forward to continuing these effective partnerships.

On behalf of our Chairman, Bishop Greg O’Kelly, our National Council and colleagues, I thank you sincerely for your ongoing support for the work of Caritas Australia and wish you and your families a happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Our Fairer World postcards, which were signed by thousands of supporters, asked the Prime Minister to ensure Australia played its part in building a fairer world.

3. Uphold the human rights of First Australians by ensuring their partnership in decisions which affect them in areas like employment, education and social justice.

Thank you for taking action.

Together we can lift our voices and the voices of our world’s most vulnerable people to the ears of the most powerful.

Caritas Australia CEO Paul O’Callaghan with Cardinal Mafi of Tonga at a recent gathering of Pacific Church leaders and Caritas regional CEOs.

CONTENTS 03 A FAIRER WORLD ACIFIC: HUNGRY FOR JUSTICE, 04 PTHIRSTY FOR CHANGE 06 BRAZIL: CLEANING UP AND SPEAKING OUT 07 AUSTRALIA: BUILDING A REMOTE ECONOMY POPE JOHN PAUL II 30TH 08 AUSTRALIA: ANNIVERSARY INDONESIA: SUPPORTING MOTHERS, 09 CHANGING SOCIETIES CARITAS COMMUNITY: BUILDING 10 AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT

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Cover: Children in Naqali, Fiji, following Cyclone Winston in February 2016.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this document contains images and names of people who have passed away.

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Caritas Australia is fully accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Please note: some of the programs featured in this issue of CaritasNews are funded by Caritas Australia and the Australian Government.

ADVOCACY

A FAIRER WORLD The pursuit of justice requires us to question and challenge an unjust status quo and the systems which perpetuate it.

Our supporters across the world, partner agencies and those most affected by injustice are jointly involved in advocacy work.

Poverty and injustice are complex and often systemic issues. Caritas Australia recognises the importance of advocacy as a way of challenging structures that create and perpetuate poverty.

We are taking action to promote human dignity and the realisation of the rights of marginalised communities around the world.

Our Fairer World campaign, highlighted on page 11, demonstrates how thousands of Caritas Australia supporters are raising their voices to promote social justice at home and abroad.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 27 NOVEMBER - 24 DECEMBER: ADVENT Learn, pray and act this Christmas with our popular advent calendar available at www.caritas.org.au/advent

3 DECEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY This day aims to promote an understanding of people living with a disability.

10 DECEMBER: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY We acknowledge there is much to be done to achieve full recognition of human rights in many parts of our world.

12 DECEMBER: GLOBAL GIFTS To ensure your printed cards arrive before Christmas Day, please order before 12 December at www.caritas.org.au/globalgifts or 1800 024 413.

THIS ISSUE When individuals have a say in decisions that directly affect them, human dignity is promoted.

Caritas upholds the principle of subsidiarity across all of our work with the world’s poor and vulnerable, it is a key element of Catholic Social Teaching.

The scale of the global climate crisis requires us to stand in solidarity with marginalised people already living with the effects of a changing environment.

Caritas Australia recently released our State of the Environment report for Oceania 2016, Hungry for justice, thirsty for change was produced in collaboration with Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Caritas Tonga.

Within the report, our Pacific neighbours tell their stories about the struggles they face as climate change threatens their communities. Together, we are urging the Australian public to take action.

At home and abroad, advocacy is a crucial part of our efforts to create sustainable change.

And I will pour out my Spirit and my blessings on your children. They shall thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank.

Isaiah 44:3-4

Caritas Australia is advocating with our partner agencies to ensure stable futures for families like this one from Veidrala village in Fiji. Photo: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

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PACIFIC

COMMUNITIES HUNGRY FOR JUSTICE, THIRSTY FOR CHANGE Increasingly, unprecedented weather conditions are threatening Pacific communities. The Caritas State of the Environment Report for Oceania 2016, Hungry for justice, thirsty for change, records the struggles of our nearest neighbours to cope with environmental threats, equip local people to adopt sustainable measures for the protection of their cultural traditions and livelihoods, and seek change from the global community.

THE REPORT HAS HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FOR PACIFIC COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING: • Rising sea levels and eroding coastlines which are damaging essential infrastructure such as hospitals, and important cultural sites including cemeteries.

• Food and water shortages resulting from encroaching sea levels, multiple extreme weather events and an extended El Niño drought, are affecting people’s health, education and livelihoods.

• Global climate finance meant to assist communities to respond to climate change is yet to reach the most vulnerable communities.

“Society, through non-governmental organisations and intermediate groups, must put pressure on governments to develop more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls. Unless citizens control power…it will not be possible to control damage to the environment.”

The report was a collaboration between Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, Caritas Tonga and Caritas Australia on the State of the Environment to raise community awareness and inform government policy on climate issues.

The El Niño weather cycle, intensified by climate change, brought hunger and thirst to millions across Oceania – a region typically associated with an abundance of food. In March 2015, Cyclone Pam affected over half of Vanuatu’s population, while Fijian communities are still recovering from the devastation caused by Cyclone Winston in February this year.

The communities have demonstrated incredible resilience, relying on traditional cultural practices to ensure their survival. In Fiji, for example, where Cyclone Winston destroyed schools, houses, roads, churches and crops – neighbours and friends reached out to each other for support, offering space in their homes, sharing resources and counseling each other through the crisis.

DEMANDING JUSTICE In spite of these challenges, Pacific communities are demonstrating tremendous resilience utilising traditional knowledge of sustainable land management practices and creative responses to unprecedented threats. Pope Francis’ call to mercy is a time for all Australians to rally in solidarity with our Pacific neighbours and speak up for stronger climate action.

– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, 179

“We have to realise that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”

– Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, 49

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> Caritas Youth Group Leader, Boore Moua, planting mangroves in Kiribati.

These will help to protect the land against soil erosion, and restore livelihoods.

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PACIFIC

STORIES FROM OCEANIA KIRIBATI: BOORE MOUA, ABAIANG ATOLL AND MARIA TIIMON CHI-FANG, BERU ISLAND Kiribati Caritas Youth Group leader, Boore Moua, is deeply connected to his land.

Though many have already left his community in Abaiang to make for higher ground, Boore insists on staying, and is spearheading a tedious process of native mangrove replantation to help prevent further soil erosion.

When he was asked why he’s planting mangroves, he replied, “Because I don’t want to leave my country. I want to stay…I am connected to this land.

“My grandparents are buried here. For me, this is my home. Youth are planting mangroves because they want to stay.”

Salty sea water from rising sea levels have poisoned farming areas and encroached on important community spaces.

Maria Tiimon Chi-Fang, a citizen of Kiribati who now lives in Sydney, and an ambassador for the Caritas Report, recognises the particular dangers that the low-lying atolls of Kiribati face.

“Kiribati is about two to three metres above sea level. Most of the islands are so thin that when you stand in the middle, on some of the islands you can see both the lagoon and the ocean on either side of you,” says Maria.

Villagers constructing a sea wall in Tokelau, northeast of Samoa to protect local infrastructure.

Alongside Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and our partners throughout the Pacific, Caritas Australia is supporting communities who are vulnerable to climate change impacts such as rising sea levels.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: URSULA RAKOVA, CARTERET ISLANDS Caritas Australia’s Papua New Guinea (PNG) partner, Tulele Peisa, assists the communities of the low-lying Carteret Islands who are affected by rising sea levels.

Ursula Rakova, Executive Director, is leading a migration project so her community can live on mainland Bougainville, on land provided by the Catholic Diocese of Bougainville, free from the risks of sea-level erosion.

“For us on the Carteret Islands who are already suffering the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels – this is a matter of life and death,” says Ursula.

Ursula has raised her voice to lobby the United Nations and her government to offer practical support to the people of the Carteret Islands, 86km northeast of Bougainville.

“The question that exists today for us as islanders is: when will the governments of PNG and Bougainville start to acknowledge the fact that we have spearheaded a genuine migration program and come to our aid?

We cannot continue to be ignored while governments exercise ‘their wait and see technique’.”

Ursula Rakova, a citizen of the Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea is helping to lead a large scale migration program to neighbouring Bougainville.

Photos: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

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LATIN AMERICA: BRAZIL

CLEANING UP AND SPEAKING OUT Ejamisleide lives on the banks of the Cangueiras Canal, a water source which once threatened her young family with disease and infection. But thanks to a Caritas Australia supported project, her life has been transformed.

For residents of the favela, Vila Flavia, a slum on the outskirts of São Paulo, a lack of recognition of their rights made it difficult to access essential infrastructure, clean water and medical help.

Ejamisleide and her four young children live alongside 550 other families in self-constructed housing beside the canal. Three million people live in bustling and densely populated favelas like Vila Flavia, which is on the east side of São Paulo.

“This project gives new life to the region and enables families to dream of better lives.”

– MDF staff member

BETTER CONDITIONS “In this house where I live I suffered a lot because of the bad smell coming from the stream,” says Ejamisleide.

“The rats came from the stream every night into my home and destroyed everything in it, especially the food,” she says, adding that catching Lassa Fever (which is caused by rodents) or the mosquito-borne Dengue Fever were an added fear.

But Ejamisleide wasn’t alone. Many others in the favela were also trying to stem the unhygienic conditions caused by the dirty waters of the canal.

“Myself, and the local residents of the slum had constant headaches because of the foul smell coming from the canal.”

With the support of Caritas Australia’s partner, Movimento de Defesa do Favelado (MDF), Ejamisleide and a number of other residents took a stand, advocating for better conditions by collaborating with the city council.

Since they’ve raised their voices, the Cangueiras Canal has undergone a major cleanup. As well as draining the canal’s waters so clean flowing water can return, protective fencing has also been installed.

With sewage no longer being dumped in the canal, marine life can return and the transmission of disease has dramatically decreased.

A POSITIVE FUTURE These changes are very important to Ejamisleide.

A cleaner environment and home means her family is much happier and her four sons can now concentrate on their studies. They are all hopeful for a positive future.

“Now with the canal and plumbing that is happening, there is no more stench, the rats are gone and the mosquitoes are fewer,” says Ejamisleide.

Left: The canal at the start of the cleaning and development project. Rubbish has been removed and clean water is flowing again. Right: Ejamisleide with one of her sons.

Photos: MDF Brazil

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“My family and I can eat and feel the taste of the food, not the stench of the canal, the headaches are gone and we are happier and healthier.”

Ejamisleide stood up for the rights of her family and her community, and her voice is starting to change lives throughout São Paulo.

A big thank you to MDF and their partnership with the local government for raising the voices of a few and turning it into action. This is subsidiarity at its core.

AUSTRALIA

BUILDING A REMOTE ECONOMY For six years, Caritas Australia has partnered with the Aboriginal Carbon Fund, a not-for-profit organisation established to support the development of the Aboriginal carbon industry in remote Australia.

With support from the Aboriginal Carbon Fund, Aboriginal rangers across northern Australia are establishing sustainable businesses.

By generating certified carbon offsets (carbon credits) which are sold to Australian businesses, the fund helps sustain ancient practices which are deeply significant to Australia’s First Peoples.

ANCIENT TRADITIONS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES

“When we do early burning we got places for native animals to go protect themselves away from hot fires. We got blue tongues now, we got wallabies, goannas. It makes you feel happy ‘cos in those years, when the hot fire was coming through, you never saw blue tongues”. Philip Yam, KASC Ranger and Traditional Owner for Oriners and Sefton Stations “I would like to become a ranger because I like to be out on country working…

I like working on country and I like to look after my land, my environment and the wildlife. Our Elders won’t be around here forever, you know.

So it’s time for me now to learn, when I’m young, so I can get experience…”

Stafford Yam, Volunteer Ranger KASC and Traditional Owner for Oriners and Sefton Stations

“If people want to do something about climate change, if they want to do something about Indigenous poverty and they want to ensure that Australia is well managed, the easiest way is to buy carbon credits from traditional owners.”

Aboriginal carbon projects combine traditional land-management practices with the latest technologies to generate income and employment, while protecting natural biodiversity, reducing the national carbon footprint, revitalising culture, and caring for sacred sites.

– Rowan Foley, General Manager, Aboriginal Carbon Fund

Rowan Foley, General Manager, says the aim of the Aboriginal Carbon Fund is, “To create a partnership between business through controlled burning practices and the ethical trade of carbon”.

KOWANYAMA ABORIGINAL SHIRE CARBON ABATEMENT PROJECT For over five years the Fund has partnered with the Kowanyama Aboriginal Land and Natural Resource Management Office (KALNRMO), a division of Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council (KASC), through their Carbon Farming Abatement Project at Oriners and Sefton Stations in Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland.

The KASC are now successfully selling carbon credits to upgrade the Ranger Base at Oriners Station.

“We’ve turned this from a marginal cattle station into an environmental project. Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire owns both the stations and it’s an Aboriginal Council, so everything is run by Aboriginal people. You can actually earn money from environmental work and at the same time reduce carbon emissions”. Chris Hannocks, Land and Sea Manager, KALNRMO

KASC Rangers planning burns for the Kowanyama Carbon Abatement Project.

Photo: Richard Wainwright

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AUSTRALIA

CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL CULTURE AND SPIRITUALITY Thirty years ago, on 29 November 1986, Saint Pope John Paul II gave a unique and powerful address in Alice Springs to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He acknowledged the injustices they have faced and the “lasting genius and dignity” of their ancient culture.

“The speech was a pivotal moment,” says John Lochowiak, Chairperson of Caritas Australia’s partner National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC), who was present for the address in Alice Springs.

“The way he spoke about Aboriginal culture…the richness, the connection to the land, to the environment, how we survived for so many thousands of years, our technology, our way of life. It really lifted our profile; it made us feel proud and gave us the confidence to continue to work and to strive to deal with issues we had in the society at the time,’’ he recalls.

“Once the speech was completed there was a big rain, I think it almost flooded the town, and there was a sense of cleansing and rebirth…”

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION Elsie Heiss, NATSICC member, recalls how she felt empowered to participate in Australian Church life when she read the Pope’s words.

“You know, there was so much strength in what he said. I read his speech over and over again, and one of the things he said was that we, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need to make a contribution…to the Church,” says Elsie.

“We need to move forward with the Church. And Aboriginal spirituality needs to be embraced with our churches by incorporating our prayers, our songs, our symbolism. I think that would be a great start…because we feel as if we’re invisible”.

As NATSICC moves forward into 2017, the organisation will continue to work with Caritas Australia and our First Australians programs.

Together we hope to make truth and reconciliation a reality for all Australians.

“Once the speech was completed there was a big rain, I think it almost flooded the town, and there was a sense of cleansing and rebirth…”

“Your culture, which shows the lasting genius and dignity of your race, must not be allowed to disappear. Your songs, your stories, your paintings, your dances, your languages, must never be lost...Through your closeness to the land you touched the sacredness of man’s relationship with God” – Saint Pope John Paul II “You are part of Australia and Australia is part of you. And the Church herself in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until you have made your contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.”

Saint Pope John Paul II Address to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 1986 Saint Pope John Paul II greeting Santa Teresa Primary School children, Central Australia.

Photo: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish, Central Australia

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SOUTHEAST ASIA: INDONESIA

WOMEN CHANGING LIVES In Indonesia, we are helping women come together, to network and build their strengths. By raising their voices, women are creating new opportunities for themselves, their families and their communities.

RESTORING DIGNITY PPSW provides women with vocational training and technical support for the start-up of small savings and loans groups. Through organising themselves into groups to save money, they are then able to access loans that help them start or grow their own businesses such as small-scale agriculture, animal rearing or food production.

In Indonesia’s Pandeglang and Lebak Regencies in Banten Province, women often work without pay, with no access to support and without a sustainable business model.

Caritas Australia’s partner, Pusat Pengembangan Sumberdaya Wanita (PPSW), supports over 272 women directly to develop and maintain businesses in rural communities and to start new lives for themselves.

RELIYANA’S STORY In Reliyana’s village and surrounding areas, women are faced with a challenging level of isolation because of the vast differences that separate them.

Reliyana wanted to create an intimate space where local women could gather to network and share resources – inspiring each other to make goals and move towards them.

After completing small business development, vocational skills training, and technical support training for the start-up of women’s savings groups from PPSW, she started a women’s group in 2015 called KWPS An-Nazwa. Together they are advocating for better lives for themselves and their families.

“It is a very good idea and encourages poor people to save small amounts and to use money cautiously in emergencies such as unexpected health problems and natural calamities,” says Reliyana.

“The group empowers women in three different ways – economically, socially and politically.”

As a businesswoman, Reliyana makes rice crackers, banana and potato chips to sell at the local market. As a community leader, she is bringing women together to form support groups that improve their lives. In challenging traditional roles for single mothers Reliyana has become an inspiration to her community.

“Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

– Proverbs 31:8-9

Reliyana and her friend Ida with their children. Both women are empowered by coming together and learning from each other.

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LOCAL ACTION, GLOBAL IMPACT FAIRER WORLD CAMPAIGN Earlier this year, thousands of people joined Caritas Australia’s Fairer World campaign to call for a world where all people live with dignity.

Ahead of the Federal election on 2 July, supporters across the country signed a postcard to the Australian Prime Minister. The postcard called for fairer policies on aid, climate change and for First Australians, specifically: 1. Rebuilding our contribution to international aid and development to 2012 levels by the end of this term of government. Over $11 billion was slashed from Australia’s overseas aid budget since 2012.

2. Strengthening our climate change targets, establishing a plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and providing our fair share of funding to help communities affected by climate change.

3. Upholding the human rights of First Australians by ensuring their partnership in decisions which affect them.

Principal Brendan Cahill with Brigidine College students, gathering letters of support for a fairer world. Photo: Jennifer Byrne/Brigidine College

BRIGIDINE COLLEGE, QUEENSLAND For Year 12 religion and ethics students at Brigidine College, Indooroopilly Queensland, taking part in the Fairer World campaign was an opportunity to engage their peers in advocating for a fairer world. They recently held an event at their school to raise awareness and collected hundreds of postcards.

“I firmly believe that everyone needs to play their part in creating a fairer world for all. That includes you. There is only so much I can do on a community level. No matter how much awareness my community and I raise, we need you. You have the power and influence to help right the wrongs.” Becky Cope

The Caritas community is creatively speaking out for a Fairer World.

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“Australian aid has provided millions of people across our globe life-saving assistance in emergencies and times of need.

Our government has cut these funds by $11.3 billion over the past four years. This devastating decision has had many negative consequences on those who are most vulnerable in our world. As a young Australian woman, I am appalled by the government’s decisions to cut these funds, and fully support Caritas Australia’s aim to restore the Australian Aid budget to 2012 levels.” Laura O’Hallaran “It is important to let people know that we are NOT okay with these issues occurring right under our noses, and that we refuse to stand by doing nothing any longer. Awareness leads to action, and action is exactly what we need right now.” Jade Freeman

“Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.”

– Nelson Mandela

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CHANGING THE WORLD In 2016, Caritas Australia hosted a three-day Young Adults Global Justice Workshop for people aged 18 to 35. They discussed issues that were important to them and how they’d like to change the world.

In 2016, young leaders from all over the country came to Caritas Australia’s Sydney headquarters and discussed practical ways of upholding justice for those who are most vulnerable to extreme poverty.

Participants in the workshop also spread their messages of justice and equality to their peers at the Australian Catholic University and Notre Dame University Sydney campuses, encouraging 300 others to sign up to our Fairer World campaign.

RAISING THEIR VOICES

“This morning we reflected on the call in Matthew’s Gospel to feed the hungry, to feed the poor, that really core mission of what Jesus calls us to as his disciples…that’s really important to me and that’s something that’s lived out in the work of Caritas.”

– Rachelle Smith, Diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinator

Young people from all over Australia were energised by our Young Adults Global Justice workshop which was held at Caritas Australia’s National Office in Sydney.

“I don’t think that we live in a fair world.

I think that we should really focus on equity, giving other countries what they need to bring up their (living) standard.”

– Guiliano Gonzalez, Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Global studies at ACU

“Be dreamers (who) believe in a new humanity, one that rejects hatred between peoples, one that refuses to see borders as barriers.”

– Pope Francis, 2016 World Youth Day final homily

ACT Ailis Macpherson, Maitland Newcastle Diocese; John McCaughan, Sydney Archdiocese and Rachelle Smith, Hobart Archdiocese at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney.

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GIVE HOPE THIS CHRISTMAS WITH A CARITAS GLOBAL GIFT. Christmas is a time of sharing. By giving a Global Gift this year, you are sharing peace, joy and hope with some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

With each gift you give, you’re standing in solidarity with people living in poverty – empowering them to lead self-sufficient and dignified lives.

Help vulnerable communities today, so they can lead their own futures tomorrow. © Jake Lyell, CRS

GLOBAL GIFTS

ORDER YOUR GLOBAL GIFT Global Gifts represent sustainable programs delivered by Caritas to vulnerable communities around the globe.

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