Catholic School in Annerley Supports Project Compassion 2019

Mary Immaculate Primary School of Annerley supports Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion 2019, an annual Lenten fundraising activity that aims to raise the awareness of and unite Australians to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.

About

The Catholic Overseas Relief Committee was founded in Australia in 1964 and its name was changed to Caritas in 1996.

Caritas Australia is the international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is part of an international network of over 200 countries who help the poorest of the poor in over 27 countries around the world.

Values

Caritas means love and compassion in Latin, two qualities that are central to the work of the agency.

Guided by the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas Australia support people to help themselves out of poverty, hunger and injustice. Also, they empower these people to be agents of their own change.

2019 Theme

Project Compassion is a yearly fundraising activity held in preparation for Lent, the season that reminds us of the importance of doing good work and acting selflessly.

The theme for Project Compassion 2019 is based around giving 100% in the name of hope. The campaign presents six stories that show how Caritas Australia is able to change the lives of communities in Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam.

Annerley Catholic School

Mary Immaculate Primary School of Annerley is an inner city school providing Catholic education for children from a variety of social, cultural and faith backgrounds. Each year, the school commits to supporting social action and justice by participating in fundraising appeals.

Recently, the Year 5 students launched Project Compassion 2019 in support of Caritas Australia. They presented the story of 16-year-old Peter from Solomon Islands who, despite his disability, had to walk several kilometres in search of unsafe water sources. Through Project Compassion, Peter is now able to have clean water on tap at his school and is now able to focus on his studies.

At the end of the presentation, the students were each given a project compassion box to collect money for children like Peter.

Project Compassion gives students the opportunity to get involved and create lasting change in vulnerable communities.

If children are willing to make the world a little less heartless, let’s do our part and give generously to Project Compassion today.