Tati sits outside the eco-tourism project long house. Picture: Richard Wainwright, Caritas Australia

International

Caritas helping to change lives

Caritas Australia, along with aid and development agency partners overseas, is helping to change the lives of people living in remote areas of Indonesia - all made possible through funds raised from the annual Project Compassion Lenten Appeal.

Local

Hope for a better future

Students from St Joseph’s, Tranmere, were smiling and filled with ‘hope’ as the annual Project Compassion Lenten Appeal was launched at their school on February 26.

Local

Push to get more youth involved with Caritas

Planning is underway to form a Caritas Australia Youth Sub-Committee which will be tasked with encouraging more young people to be involved with the work of the Catholic agency for international aid and development.

Local

SA digs deep for Project Compassion

South Australians are being thanked for their generous support of this year’s Project Compassion Lenten campaign which has raised $10.8 million nationally.

International

Moving Filipino youth out of poverty

Caritas Australia is working with Filipino youth to improve education opportunities and move out of poverty. About 22 million Filipinos live below the poverty line, and hundreds of thousands of people are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.