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Through
your
generous support of Caritas Australia you
are empowering young people to build a just future for themselves, their families and their
communities.
This year our
Project Compassion theme is:
A
J
ust Future.
A Just Future
starts with Y
ou.Slide3
For more than 50 years,
Caritas
Australia
has worked
together with our neighbours in Australia and around the world to
combat poverty, promote justice and uphold human dignity. Slide4
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORK
JANAKI
NEPAL
BAYAN
JORDAN
DITOSA
MOZAMBIQUE
RATTANAK
CAMBODIA
PSYCHE MAE
PHILIPPINES
EVANGELINE
AUSTRALIASlide5Slide6
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORK
CHINASlide7
Janaki and her parents in the front room of their house that also operates as a convenience store.
Growing up in extreme poverty
and forced into a marriage at the age of twelve, she faced many challenges.Her husband died
just two years into their marriage.
Janaki, a young
businesswoman
from Nepal, has turned her life around. Slide8
Janaki using her sewing machine to make clothes and earn a living.
In 2015, Janaki joined a youth club formed by Caritas Australia’s partners, Caritas Nepal and the Ekata Foundation Surkhet, learning how to sew.
She took a loan from the youth club to purchase her first sewing machine. Slide9
Janaki is now a Youth Club leader.
Two years on, Janaki has 11 sewing machines and is running her own business teaching others. She
is a role model in her community.
A Just Future starts with Empowerment.Slide10Slide11
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORKSlide12
Rattanak standing in his barber shop.
Rattanak contracted polio as a child and also became deaf.
DDP
provides sign language, job training and interpreting services to people who are
deaf.
The Caritas Australia supported
Deaf
Development
Program (DDP) was a lifeline for Rattanak, helping him to participate in his community.Slide13
Rattanak working in his barber shop.
Rattanak graduated from
the
education program in 2010, returning the following year to train as a barber.
DDP
then helped him to set up his shop in his parent’s house in
his village.Slide14
Rattanak and his wife, Phirum.
Rattanak has
emerged from his isolated world at
home. He is
now running a successful
business and supporting his family.
A Just Future starts with Community.Slide15Slide16
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORK
TURKEY
SAUDI ARABIASlide17
As a quiet, young refugee, she struggled to overcome the trauma she experienced and faced the prospect of missing out on an education.
Bayan is 12 years
old
living with her family in Jordan. She grew up in Syria’s capital, Damascus before the conflict in Syria forced her family to
flee.
Bayan waiting outside her home for the Caritas school bus. Slide18
Fortunately Bayan has been able to attend a Caritas supported Education Program in Jordan.
Here
she receives support and tutoring.
Bayan attends classes on Saturdays run by the Caritas Education Program.Slide19
Now, Bayan is an academic high-achiever and is flourishing in the stable environment school life brings.
A
J
ust Future starts with a Safe
P
lace to Learn.Slide20Slide21
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORKSlide22
Evangeline’s small remote community in the Northern Territory
face a range of challenges stemming from the violent experience of colonisation, including few jobs, crowded
housing and
lack of access to
services.
Evangeline was first featured in Project Compassion 2016, and
has risen to the role of Senior
Artsworker. Slide23
The non-profit
Aboriginal organisation, Djilpin
Arts is supported by Caritas Australia and is a key employer in this community.
At
the Centre, young people come together with Elders to learn about their culture through art, storytelling, dance and song.
Djilpin Arts provided
Evangeline with an opportunity.
Evangeline – Senior Artsworker for Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation.Slide24
Evangeline
and the team of Artsworkers are doing really important
work
promoting their cultural
knowledge and providing
excellence in Indigenous
tourism.
A
J
ust
F
uture starts with Culture.Slide25Slide26
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORKSlide27
Caritas Australia helped Ditosa, her aunt and her grandmother build a new home and assisted with
transport,
school materials and fees, to help Ditosa to stay at school.
Ditosa lives in Mozambique. She was first featured in Project Compassion 2013 when she was just 12 years old and had lost both her parents to AIDS-related illnesses.
Ditosa in her classroom in 2013 when she was first featured in Project Compassion.Slide28
Ditosa
has now graduated from school
and hopes to go to university to become a police officer.
She loved
school and is ambitious for the future. Slide29
Ditosa with Mama Cacilda, Director of
Caritas Regional Chokwe
A Just Future starts with Education.Slide30Slide31
FEATURED COUNTRY
WHERE WE WORK
INDONESIASlide32
When Psyche Mae featured in Project Compassion 2008, she was living in a squatter settlement, on the edge of a giant rubbish dump outside Manila, in the Philippines.
Psyche Mae is now a young social worker, achieving her dream of helping others struggling to leave poverty behind them – with plans to study a Master’s degree.
In 2008, Psyche Mae helping her father in the squatter settlement. Slide33
Psyche Mae’s mother learnt how to make bags to sell to support her family.
Participating in a Caritas
Australia supported
urban renewal program, Psyche Mae’s family have been able to lift themselves out of
poverty. Slide34
Psyche Mae visited Australia in 2016 as the keynote speaker of Caritas Australia’s Women for the World event.
Ten years later, Psyche Mae continues to give back to her community.
A
J
ust Future starts with Opportunity.Slide35
THANK YOU!
Photo credits
Janaki, Nepal
: Rattanak,
Cambodia:
Bayan, Jordan
– Richard Wainwright. Evangeline, Australia – Sascha Costigan. Ditosa
, Mozambique – Erin Johnson and Ivy Khoury. Psyche Mae, Philippines – Nicole Clements and Sean Sprague Slide36