Support Global family: Food Security and Livelihood
Often taken for granted in Australia is the relatively easy access we have to food and work opportunities. For many in the communities where Caritas Australia works, this is not a reality. Find our how your support of the Global Family Food security and livelihood campaign will help communities in Bangladesh, Malawi and East Timor by providing education, training, tools and seeds, livestock, agricultural and animal training, income generation opportunities and micro-credit programs. More...

Hold a Caritas Global Reality Meal
Hold a banquet in your school to show the extremes of wealth and poverty in our world . The ‘lucky’ 20% of students are seated at a table adorned with cakes, sweets, soft drink, pizza and ice cream. The other 80% of students have to serve themselves rice and water and stand or sit on the floor.
Contact sarahc@caritas.org.au to find out how to hold a Global Reality Meal and for support resources

Tell a Friend
Tell your friends and colleagues that you are passionate about ensuring Food Security and that you take action on issues you're passionate about. Encourage your friends and colleagues to support your efforts by forwarding them this publication
To do this, use the 'Tell a friend' form at the right hand side of this page.

Prayer
Our Colleagues at Cafod have put together a collection of their most popular prayers focusing on the issue of environment. More...

Join the Big Switch
The Big Switch is a campaign by peak environmental groups to engage Australians in lobbying of Federal politicians on climate change policy. To learn more, go to www.thebigswitch.org.au

Schools blow the whistle……
Students and teachers from St John Bosco College, Engadine organised a soccer match between staff and students to “blow the whistle on poverty". Over 150 kids attended the Ashgrove Action Social get together in July to mark the 07:07:07 half-way point. Students from Xavier College, Hervey Bay also organised an 07-07-07 event. Mt St Patrick College in urwillumbah marked 07:07:07 with students and teachers blowing whistles and raising wareness about the Make Poverty History campaign. More...

Climate Change Will Be Focus of Next Four Years
Climate change not only endangers the sustainable use of the land and the world’s water resources, but threatens the very existence of some countries. The upheaval caused by global warming – the loss of land, increased drought, heat waves, and rising sea levels – will impact food security, speed up desertification, and hasten the spread of disease. Moreover, the poor will bear the brunt. Earlier this year , the Caritas Internationalis Confederation launched its Guidelines on Environmental Justice, produced by Caritas Oceania. The aim is to make environmental justice
central to our work throughout the world. More...

Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger
An international classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. Included are sample lessons, descriptions of projects and an interactive forum for the exchange of experiences. This site is useful for World Food Day.
www.feedingminds.org