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Project Compassion 2014

“Have life and have it to the full” JOHN 10:10

>MARISTELY’s STORY A FLOWER IN THE FAVELAS >ARCHIE’S STORY A PLACE WHERE I BELONG >LORRAINE’S STORY OUR PLACE

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FROM THE CEO It is with a great sense of pride and excitement that I pen my first letter for CaritasNews as the CEO of Caritas Australia.

Since commencing my role in late 2013, I have been overwhelmed by the breadth of community support for our work and humbled by the depth of your compassion.

We hope you

had a joyful festive season and thank you for purchasing a Caritas Australia Global Gift. In 2013, our Global Gifts raised more than $660,000 in support of poorest and most marginalised communities around the world.

In 2014, Caritas Australia celebrates our year of jubilee. This year we will look back over 50 years of love and compassion, celebrating the people, the communities, and the stories that have made Caritas Australia one of the largest and most effective aid and development agencies.

Indeed, it is that deep and unwavering compassion that lies at the heart of Caritas Australia’s mission, underpinning half a century of work in the world’s poorest communities. And it is our fearless commitment to walk in solidarity with the poor that will continue to transform the most marginalised communities well into the future.

At the heart of our success lies 50 years of support from people like you. Your reflections on our work over the years help us to celebrate this rich history of community support and to enliven the spirit of compassion that is the lifeblood of our work. If you have stories, photographs or memories to share from your journey with Caritas Australia, we’d love to hear from you.

But poverty of the kind we see in countries like Brazil, South Sudan, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and in Australia’s indigenous communities, is a poverty that is deeply entrenched.

Overcoming poverty of this kind requires us to confront real and uncomfortable injustice; to challenge ignorance and apathy; and to insist that every member of our human family be empowered to live a life of dignity.

This year during Lent, our six Project Compassion stories celebrate our shared desire to have life to the full. This theme, taken from John 10:10, captures our commitment not only to protect the most vulnerable communities from the threat of death, but to work alongside those communities and empower individuals to pursue a just and fulfilling future. As we renew our faith and commitment to the good news of the Gospel this Lent, we have the opportunity to help create a fair and just world, at peace and free from poverty.

With your support for Project Compassion, we can break cycles of poverty in even the poorest communities. With your generosity we can fortify vulnerable communities with the support, skills and knowledge they need to feel secure in the surroundings of home.

With your compassion, we can transform lives.

In this, our jubilee year, Caritas Australia celebrates 50 years of love and compassion. I am proud to stand with you and with the communities we support to continue that rich tradition and to further our journey towards a full life for all.

Thank you for embracing Project Compassion 2014.

In solidarity,

Learn more about Caritas Australia’s Jubilee Year at www.caritas.org.au/50-years or contact media@caritas.org.au

CONTENTS 03 A FULL AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE 04 MARISTELY FROM BRAZIL 06 DENG FROM SOUTH SUDAN 07 ARCHIE FROM THE PHILIPPINES 08 MARTINA FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS FROM WALUNGURRU 09 LORRAINE (KINTORE), AUSTRALIA 10 NIRANGINI FROM SRI LANKA

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Cover: Maristely, 18, lives with her family in a favela (slum) in São Paulo, Brazil. Thanks to your support, Caritas Australia is working with favela communities in Brazil to promote peace, improve access to basic facilities and empower citizens to uphold their rights and dignity. Photo: Erin Johnson All photos Caritas Australia unless otherwise stated.

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A FULL AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE

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In 2013 Pope Francis said, “men and women of all times and all places desire a full and beautiful life… a life that is not threatened by death but that can mature and grow to its fullness.”

To have life to the full is to live a life free from conflict, from poverty, and from injustice; a life with equal access to food, water, education, healthcare and shelter; a life of peace and of dignity.

In 2014, Project Compassion celebrates our shared desire for this full and beautiful life.

Embracing this desire during Lent, we may come to live as brothers and sisters of Christ, renewed in our faith by his Grace and by his loving help for the poor.

We hope you enjoy reading and sharing this year’s stories and thank you for helping the most vulnerable members of our human family to have life to the full.

Week One: Brazil

When Sri Lanka’s civil war threatened the small fishing village of Veravil, Nirangini fled and was forced to move nearly a dozen times in just 18 months. Today she and her family have a permanent place to call home and to live life to the full.

Photo: Viyan Fernando, Caritas Sri Lanka

Caritas Australia’s partner, Movement for the Defence of Favela Residents, is working with favela communities in Brazil to promote peace, improve access to basic facilities and empower citizens to uphold their rights and dignity.

Read Maristely’s story on pages 4 and 5.

Week Two: South Sudan From 1983 to 2005, civil war engulfed South Sudan.

Caritas Australia’s partner, Hope Agency for Relief and Development (HARD) is assisting villagers to rebuild their lives. Read Deng’s story on page 6.

Week Three: Philippines Caritas Australia’s emergency resettlement program in the Philippines helps vulnerable families living in unsafe environments to resettle into secure housing where they can start to live life to the full. Read Archie’s story on page 7.

“I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full” John 10:10 Week Five: Walungurru, Australia Within First Australian communities, a disproportionate number of people receive dialysis treatment far from home and country.

To help patients reconnect with their culture and community, Caritas Australia is supporting an income-generating bush balm program.

Read Lorraine’s story on page 9.

Week Six: Sri Lanka Caritas Australia is helping families affected by the Sri Lankan Civil War to move into permanent housing and re-establish their lives.

Read Nirangini’s story on page 10.

Week Four: Solomon Islands After a string of natural disasters in the Pacific, Caritas Australia established the Disaster Risk Management project.

Through the power of nursery rhymes, children are learning how to stay safe during an emergency. Read Martina’s story on page 8.

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WEEK ONE: BRAZIL, LATIN AMERICA

MARISTELY’S STORY:

A FLOWER IN THE FAVELAS At the launch of every Project Compassion, we shine the spotlight on one inspiring individual and a local community organisation that is transforming lives. You may remember Maristely’s story from our recent letter which highlighted how the Movement for the Defence of Favela residents is working to improve conditions for some of the poorest families in Brazil.

Maristely, 18, lives with her family in a favela (slum) in São Paulo, Brazil. Dark, cramped and filled with irregular, self-constructed houses, the city’s slums are home to one in seven people living in São Paulo.

When Maristely was growing up, her family’s house was made of cardboard; they had no electricity, no water and no connected sewerage.

Favelas are often built on land where no one wants to live.

The threats of floods and landslides, or proximity to roads and train lines cast these communities to the margins and many locals face daily discrimination from the wider population.

“Outside the favela, we are socially excluded. When people ask us where we live and we tell them, people look down on us,” said Maristely.

From the 1950s, Brazil experienced one of the largest population movements in history when an estimated 20 million people moved from rural areas to the big cities. Seeking a safe and secure future, many of these people instead found themselves living in favelas.

With dense populations and limited space, the constant threat of eviction, too few jobs, and widespread poverty, favela life is difficult. But Caritas Australia’s partner, the Movement for the Defence of Favela Residents (MDF), is changing lives across 40 favelas in São Paulo.

“The role of MDF is to work with families so they are aware that they can advocate for improvements where they live,” said Maristely.

Educators from MDF regularly visit favelas to engage with the local people, address local challenges and empower people to participate in decisions that affect their lives. Now a young leader with MDF’s Youth Empowerment Program, Maristely is helping to promote peace, improve access to basic facilities, and empower citizens to uphold their rights and dignity.

Photo: Erin Johnson

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Through MDF, Maristely’s family, and thousands like them, now have access to clean water, electricity and connected sewerage. These improvements have led to a reduction in respiratory and skin diseases and to better health overall.

Her family also has a certificate of home ownership; thanks to this legal protection, they can no longer be evicted.

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“Maristely is a flower who has bloomed in the middle of the favelas.”

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With your support, the Movement for the Defence of Favela Residents empowers people like Maristely to attain education and employment, challenge prejudice and make their voices heard. Photo: Erin Johnson

Countering a culture of violence Across the favelas, up to 70 percent of families experience violence in the home; MDF is working to address this and to reduce youth and gang violence, and drug use amongst community members.

“In this community there was a lot of violence, especially against women and young people,” said Maristely. “When I was younger we could hardly leave the house. There were a lot of young people using drugs. We had to stop playing on the streets because there were police cars driving very fast. We were very scared.”

This culture of violence is closely linked to a lack of self-esteem.

That’s why MDF run community sessions in which participants explore their identity, their favela history, and the challenge of being counter-cultural in a community affected by drugs, gangs, violence and unemployment.

This program empowers people like Maristely to challenge prejudice and make their voices heard. The participants engage in media and social media workshops, radio and television interviews, peace rallies and environmental care. The program promotes peace so young people can attain education and employment, rather than joining local gangs.

“Maristely is a flower who has bloomed in the middle of the favelas,” said Getúlio, MDF Youth Empowerment Coordinator.

“Being a part of MDF has given me awareness of my dignity as a person, and critical thinking. I have learnt a lot about the problems we have in our society. I know that to live in a favela is nothing to be ashamed of… because of my perseverance, I live in a better place and we are recognised for that,” said Maristely.

Brazil’s rapid development has made it the economic powerhouse of Latin America but the vast gulf between rich and poor means not everyone has benefited from this growth.

The poorest 10% of Brazil’s population earn less than 1% of the country’s income and 6% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day.

Population: 194,946,000 Area: 8,514,876 km2 Capital: Brasilia Official language: Portuguese

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WEEK TWO: SOUTH SUDAN, AFRICA

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DENG’S STORY: RETURNING HOME

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Deng grew up in a small and peaceful agricultural village in South Sudan. When civil war broke out in 1983 his tranquil existence was thrown into turmoil.

Terrified, his family fled and 22 years would pass before Deng could safely return home.

Deng grew up with his extended family in the traditional and peaceful village of Barmayen. The family lived simply. As a young boy and teenager, Deng cared for the family’s goats and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his father and his clan.

Though partially paralysed on his right side from an illness he contracted as a six-year-old, Deng was always eager to participate fully in the village life he so cherished. In 1983, everything changed. Civil war broke out and violence engulfed southern Sudan. Terrified, Deng’s family fled for the bush, leaving behind their home, their crops and their livestock.

Their new life was one without food, without shelter and without security.

It was a daily fight for survival and the family lived without any promise that they might one day be able to return home.

“We were unable to be in our village, life was unbearable and we kept hiding from the militia in the bush. We were separated from our friends and family.

The bush became our home,” said Deng.

“We survived on wild fruits and bush meat, but many people died from starvation or sickness.”

Over the course of time, Deng and his wife, Aketch, had a family of their own.

They dreamt of raising their children in the peaceful village they both loved so well but, once again, life took an unexpected turn.

Deng’s happiness has been restored since he became involved in the program, as he knows that people care for him and his family. Photo: Isabella Gomes

Deng’s eyes became infected and he began to lose his sight. As the head of his household, Deng was responsible for providing for his family; without his eyesight he felt hopeless and the family relied on Aketch to survive.

When the civil war ended in 2005, Deng and his family moved back to Barmayen village.

The family were overjoyed to receive support from Caritas Australia’s partner, Hope Agency for Relief and Development (HARD), who established a food security and rehabilitation program for femaleheaded households, young people, and people living with disability or illness.

“Thank you very much and god bless you abundantly. I am looking forward to a good harvest.”

Through the program, Deng and Aketch received two goats, five chickens, fishing nets and a selection of seeds to plant on their small plot of land. The family also has access to clean water and is learning good health practices.

Today, Deng and Aketch are confident of a more secure future, and are happy that their children can now attend school.

With your support for Caritas Australia, Deng and Aketch are more confident in a secure future and happy that their children can attend school. Photo: Isabella Gomes

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“I am very hopeful we will have enough food for the next season. We sell the fish that we get from the river, and I am able to buy my children school uniforms. I am looking forward to a good harvest.”

Archie’s story: A place where I belong

WEEK THREE: PHILIPPINES, SOUTHEAST ASIA Philippines SEA

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For most of his life, Archie lived with his parents and nine siblings in a one-room house near a rubbish dump alongside the flood-prone Plaridel River. In 2012, the family moved to a new home, thanks to a resettlement program supported by Caritas Australia.

Until recently, Archie’s family of 12 ate, slept and gathered together in a room just three metres wide and four metres in length. The house was made of thin plywood, bamboo and galvanised iron and when it rained, “it was like we were having a shower,” Archie said.

With his mother and father earning little more than $7 per day between them, Archie left high school and began delivering vegetables to help support the family.

Archie’s assistance was crucial for his family’s livelihood. But no amount of hard work could protect the family from the typhoons and severe flooding that regularly wreak havoc in Bulacan province.

Archie experienced severe flooding three times, including Super Typhoon Ondoy in September 2009.

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Philippines On 8 November 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Eastern Visayas islands of Samar and Leyte in the Philippines, causing widespread devastation.

Archie’s family live on the island north of the typhoon-affected area; they are safe and well. Staff from the local Caritas Malolos are assisting the Caritas Filipinas Foundation in their response to Typhoon Haiyan.

“After this typhoon, our house looked like it had been torn apart by a wild beast. Mud covered every wall and corner, the plywood walls were dismantled, the roof was gone and the posts were bent.”

In 2012, Caritas Australia helped Archie’s family resettle away from the river that so often threatened to destroy their house. Their new concrete house is about four times larger. It has electricity, and taps with clean water and a toilet.

“No words can describe how happy we were when we moved to this beautiful place. It was a dream come true.”

The house is part of a community for similar families. There is a chapel and three community centres; a day care centre for early childhood; a healthcare centre; and a livelihood centre which features a communal vegetable garden and offers an income-generating art and craft program.

Through the livelihood program, Archie’s mum learnt to make bags and Archie learnt to make candles. In peak season, he can earn up to $11 a day and in quieter times he helps his dad in the rice mill.

Archie is also studying under Caritas Australia’s informal communitybased education program which will allow him to continue on to tertiary education.

Today, Archie says the family feels safe, supported and confident about their future.

“Caritas Australia has changed our lives. We are so thankful and happy that we are living in a safe community and now, I can see myself being able to send my younger brothers and sisters to school.”

From a makeshift, one-room house by the rubbish dump, to a permanent home in a safe and supportive community: today Archie feels confident that he can build a brighter future for himself and his family. Photo: Raphael Meting.

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WEEK FOUR: SOLOMON ISLANDS, THE PACIFIC

MARTINA’S STORY: ONE RHYME AT A TIME Through the power of nursery rhymes, Martina is helping to save children’s lives in the Solomon Islands.

Martina, a school teacher in West Honiara, enjoys clapping and singing with the children in her classroom. But these children aren’t just having fun; they’re also learning life-saving skills.

Martina’s school in Ngossi is in a region, like many across the Pacific, which is prone to natural disasters. Year-round, the community is threatened by earthquakes, landslides and cyclones.

Disasters like this can happen at any time but often occur early in the morning, when children are at school. That’s why Caritas Australia’s disaster risk management project is empowering school teachers in at-risk communities to help young children learn how to be safe during emergencies.

Using well-known tunes and simple lyrics, children aged between four and twelve years old learn what to do in the event of cyclones, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and other disasters that threaten communities in the Solomon Islands.

In 2013, Cyclone Sandra wreaked havoc in the Solomon Islands. Martina and her students were well-prepared; everyone knew exactly what to do when the cyclone hit.

Photo: Richard Wainwright

Through the program, teachers receive training that encourages them to plan for disasters and develop skills around time management, effective communication and child protection.

So far Martina has taught her students four songs including the ‘flood song’ sung to the tune of ‘This is the day that the Lord has made’. Whenever they sing, the melodies can be heard far and wide.

“This season we’re better prepared and know how to respond. In an emergency this can make all the difference.”

“Nursery rhymes break down the fear associated with natural disasters, and also help children memorise the rhymes and the emergency response,” said Martina.

Adam Elliott, Caritas Australia’s Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Program Manager, said the program works because teachers like Martina have made it their own, writing songs in their local languages and encouraging children to talk about what the songs have taught them.

“In the 2013 Cyclone Sandra, everything was well coordinated and planned; everyone knew exactly what to do when the cyclone hit,” said Adam.

“The reach of the program continues to grow and the songs have spread.

The children sing to their families and to other children. Children in communities outside the target areas have been found to be singing the nursery rhymes.”

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With the training she received through Caritas Australia’s Disaster Risk Management project, Martina helps break down the fear associated with natural disasters and teaches her young students to be safe during emergencies. Photo: Richard Wainwright

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The program is currently running in 35 kindergartens and primary schools across the Solomon Islands as well as 22 schools in Vanuatu.

Due to its success and interest across the South Pacific, Caritas Australia is planning to extend the program’s reach to other countries in the region.

LORRAINE’S STORY: OUR PLACE

WEEK FIVE: WALUNGURRU, AUSTRALIA

Six years ago, Lorraine discovered she had kidney failure. With treatment hundreds of kilometres away, The Purple House in Alice Springs became her second home. The centre offers traditional cultural activities including the bush balm program supported by Caritas Australia.

Pintupi woman, Lorraine, grew up in Papunya – 300km from Alice Springs. Today, she lives in a hostel in Alice Springs to undergo a lifetime of weekly dialysis treatment.

Deeply connected to her culture, her mob and their dreaming, Lorraine desperately misses her home and her family in Walungurru (Kintore).

“I have to sleep indoors all the time. Someone cooks our food and cleans our rooms. I have no family here. The hostel is full of dialysis patients from all over. I stick to myself. I am homesick.”

The Purple House is a home away from home for dialysis patients who have been dislocated from country and culture to receive treatment.

Photo: Simon Hewson

To keep her spirit alive, Lorraine visits The Purple House established by WDNWPT in 2004 to support patients who have been dislocated from country and culture. For Lorraine, The Purple House is a home away from home.

“I can ring Kintore and speak to my family.

Sometimes we have a barbecue and cook kangaroo tails in the fire, go for picnics and pick bush medicine to make. There is a big mob of Aboriginal people working here. It is our place; we are welcome all the time.”

By making and selling bush balms, patients at the Purple House can remain connected to culture and pass on their traditional knowledge and values. Supported by Caritas Australia, this income-generating social enterprise gives people a sense of purpose and wellbeing. Photo: Simon Hewson

“There is a big mob of Aboriginal people working here. It is our place; we are welcome all the time.”

In 2004, Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation (WDNWPT) opened their first remote renal dialysis clinic in Kintore. Unfortunately, Lorraine was not well enough to dialyse in Kintore; she had to move 550km away.

In happier times, Lorraine enjoyed daily life in Kintore with her family and friends. Every day they would sleep under the moon, wake up with the sun and cook breakfast on the fire.

“Someone would have a car and we would go for bush tomatoes, bush bananas and witchetty grubs. We would take the children and teach them about their Ngurra (country),” Lorraine said.

Caritas Australia is supporting a new incomegenerating social enterprise at The Purple House. The program enables people who are chronically unwell to make and sell bush balms.

Promoting dignity and a sense of purpose, the initiative gives participants the opportunity to pass on traditional knowledge and retain their connections with home.

“My favourite balm is Irremenke Irremenke. It is a good bush medicine that our grandmothers used to make,” said Lorraine. “I love the smell of the bush balm mix boiling up. It reminds me of home.”

“And there are young people learning these things too; so the old ways are not lost.”

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WEEK SIX: SRI LANKA, SOUTH ASIA

NIRANGINI’S STORY: THE SECURITY OF HOME Nirangini, 31, grew up and lives in Veravil, Sri Lanka but this small fishing village hasn’t always been a safe place to call home. Forced to move nearly a dozen times in a country plagued by civil war, Nirangini now has a permanent home in the childhood village she loved so well.

Nirangini’s son loves to learn but his education was badly disrupted

by Sri Lanka’s civil war. Now, with a permanent place to call home, he can attend the village school and gain a good education.

Photo: Viyan Fernando, Caritas Sri Lanka

Nirangini remembers her childhood fondly. She and her nine siblings grew up during peacetime. But this fragile peace was not to last.

When Sri Lanka’s 20-year civil war threatened her community, Nirangini was forced to flee with her 67-year-old mother and her son, who was seven-years-old at the time. Constantly on the move, Nirangini’s family had no permanent home.

Nirangini, her mother and her son were displaced 11 times in less than 18 months. Poverty, hunger and the trauma of impermanency took a heavy toll on the family. Nirangini sold some of her personal belongings to survive, but with very little food and water her son became undernourished.

When civil war subsided, Nirangini sought a familiar and safe environment in which to raise her son. In December 2009, the family moved back to Veravil where Caritas Sri Lanka – supported by Caritas Australia – was assisting families to resettle.

In 2012, Nirangini was supported to build her own permanent home.

Empowered by Caritas to be an architect of her own future, Nirangini was keen to take part in the building process carrying bricks, sand and water to the site of her new home.

“We had survived a war and just managed to return to our home with virtually nothing. There was no house to live in and I had no means of

a proper income,” said Nirangini. “Now with the support of Caritas my family lives in a proper house. I am so relieved.”

Nirangini has also been part of a program which enables vulnerable families to pursue incomegenerating initiatives and self-employment ventures. Thanks to a livelihood grant, Nirangini has started a home garden and small poultry business; today she has a good income and can provide her family with nutritious food.

And for Nirangini’s son, having a place to call home means having a place to go to school, to make friends and to gain a sense of security.

“Now he’s been able to restart his education which was so badly disrupted during the war,” said Nirangini. “He loves school. When everybody was displaced most people took their clothes with them but my son took only his books.”

“We are very thankful to Caritas and the people who helped us. We now have the confidence to stand on our feet and look after ourselves.”

“We are very thankful to Caritas and the people who helped us. We now have the confidence to stand on our feet and look after ourselves.”

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