Phany, 27, lives in a village in western Cambodia. Struggling to earn a living as a rice farmer, her family experienced food scarcity and she was forced to leave her young daughter behind to take up construction work in the city. In Cambodia, where one in eight people live below the poverty line, the search for work can often separate families.
Shirley, 36, is a Manide indigenous woman living in the remote Camarines Norte province in the Philippines. She is the mother of four and the family’s sole breadwinner, as her husband is sick. But Shirley was struggling to support the whole family and keep her children in school.
Despite the challenges experienced locally with the recent bushfires, students throughout the Archdiocese have committed to helping those in need globally through the annual Project Compassion campaign.
Thousands of generous supporters including individuals, schools and parishes across Adelaide have joined in solidarity with the world’s poor, donating more than $650,000 to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion campaign.