Taking Action
 

"For six years you will sow your land and gather its produce, but in the seventh year you will let it lie fallow and forgo all produce from it, so that those of your people who are poor can take food from it and the wild animals eat what they have left. You will do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove."

Exodus 23:10-11

ACT NOW
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Simple Actions with Simple Savings
There are many ways that you can choose to live a simpler life, and at the same time, save money, which can be given to those in need.

They may include:

sharing with others

Asking yourself the question: "do I really need this?" before you buy, thus resisting the temptation to over-spend and over-consume.

checking out on line websites such as www.simplesavings.com.au where you can find hundreds of different ways to save while undertaking activities in different ways.

Each week add up the coins that you have saved from the above activities and donate them to Caritas Australia making a commitment to living simply so that others may simply live.
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Tell a Friend
Tell your friends and colleagues about how you are making a choice to live more simply so that others may simply live and multiply the effect of your action by forwarding them this publication

To do this, use the 'Tell a friend' form at the right hand side of this page.

BE INSPIRED
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Prayers and Liturgies
Our Colleagues at Cafod in the UK have put together a great resource of prayers and liturgies to inspire us to Live Simply and share with others.
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INSPIRE OTHERS

Send My Friend to School
To demonstrate your commitment to education for all primary-aged students around the world, create a friend, so that we can present your friend along with your message to the Australian Government!
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Compassion in action
During Lent schools, universities and parishes around Australia undertook a variety of activities to show their support for Project Compassion and raise funds for communities in need. Take a look at our photo gallery of some of these events
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Indigenous education an area of focus for Caritas Australia
It is welcome news that Indigenous Australians have achieved greater access and participation to education and training over recent years.  Yet, the gap between non-indigenous and Indigenous undergraduate and post-graduate students remains significant. Find out how Caritas Australia is working with Nugalinya College in The Northern Territory to assist the Australian Indigenous community to access adult education. More...
HAVE FUN
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Design a Stamp
As part of the activities to celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the end of the first Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, the Division for Social Policy and Development at the United Nations invites children aged 5-15 years, from all over the world, to design a UN stamp on the theme 'We Can End Poverty". More...

 

  
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