Does Caritas Australia have a child sponsorship program?
A. Caritas Australia’s policy is to support communities rather that individuals. Child sponsorship schemes do not address the causes of poverty and can isolate individuals from their own family and community. Sponsorship can also lead to families and communities becoming dependent on aid rather than developing enterprise and initiative to address their situation of poverty. Caritas Australia supports projects that respond to the needs identified by local people in developing countries. We believe that these people are the prime sources of energy, enthusiasm, ideas and vision for their own communities.
