What type of programs does Caritas Australia support and where?
A. Caritas Australia supports long-term development programs in impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Pacific and Indigenous Australia, which help oppressed people to rediscover their dignity by taking greater control over their own lives. These programs are designed and managed by our local partners who are best placed to identify the needs and problems of their own communities. Development programs include a wide range of initiatives in health care and health education, water supply and sanitation, housing, education and literacy, programs for women’s rights and women’s leadership, the development of community leadership, the teaching of job skills and skills for alternative income, agriculture, ecologically sustainable development and environment education, promotion of traditional cultures and skills, assistance to communities after natural disasters and conflicts and housing support for refugees and displaced people. As a member of Caritas Internationalis, o
