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AUCKLAND * HAMILTON *
PALMERSTON NORTH * WELLINGTON
* CHRISTCHURCH * DUNEDIN
February 2015
JusticeLeaders
hipDay
Plan for the Day• A few housekeeping tips first
Session 1 9:15 – 11:05Morning tea 20 minutesSession 2 11:25 – 12:40Lunch 30 minutesSession 3 1:10 – 2:30
Understand the work of Caritas
Meet with students from other
schools
Learn more about life in the
Philippines
Find out about the 2015 Caritas
Challenge
Eyes opened to injustice in the world
Explore qualities of a leader for
justice
Have fun!
Outcomes
Caritas is an agency of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference.
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand grew out of a Catholic concern in the 1950s and 1960s for justice and fairer distribution of the world’s resources.
About Caritas
We are a member of one of the largest aid, development and social justice bodies working to build a better world.
165 agencies in over 200 countries and territories
Caritas Internationalis
Deliver aid in emergencies Support development projects
overseas Advocate for justice in Aotearoa
New Zealand and throughout the world
Educate about social justice issues such as poverty, environmental degradation and injustice
What do we do?
Caritas works in over 200 countries and territoriesCaritas Aotearoa New Zealand’s current projects
Haiti
NicaraguaSudan
South Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
JerusalemAfghanista
n
Nepal
Cambodia
Timor LesteWest
Papua
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Aotearoa New Zealand
Fiji
TongaSamoa
Philippines
Kiribati
Lebanon
Thai/Burm
a
border
Central Afric
an Republic
Iraq
Where do we work?
How many can you name?
To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests,
but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.
Pope Francis