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For more information on Development and Peace or to donate on line, please visit www.devp.org
Note: Outside of Canada, D&P is known as Caritas Canada. Or, conversely, Caritas is the global version of D&P (www.caritas.org).
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Pilgrimage of Faith Appeal
Diocese of Nelson Oct 6-7, 2018 “Whoever welcomes on child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not me but the One who sent me.” (Mark 9:37). The 2018-2019 Pilgrimage of Faith Appeal will begin I all parishes throughout the Diocese of Nelson on Oct 6th and 7th, 2018. The themes for this year’s appeal is youth and family. Your participation is essential to the success of the Appeal. Please join all of your brothers and sisters in Christ from throughout the Diocese in supporting our youth and family. Our programs in the Global South are driven by the need to create greater social justice in the world by addressing the root causes of poverty and injustice.
We believe that for development to be sustainable, local people must be the major stakeholders in the development projects that affect them. For this reason, we favour an approach whereby we partner with local grassroots organizations and social movements that have shown energy, creativity and a proven ability to address the needs of their community. We provide them with financial and technical support so that they can carry out their important work. We currently work in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East on the following themes:
actions we take through our programs and partners are creating a world where there is justice for all and where people come first. We also take part in emergency relief and reconstruction work in response to natural disasters and humanitarian crises. |