Global issues
Caritas Australia: Advocacy on poverty, aid and development issues
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A child in Bangladesh gets access to
arsenic-free water.
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Children in Malawi.
Photo credit Jerry Galea.
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The Millennium Development Goals
As an agency, Caritas Australia maintains a commitment to achieving
the the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) through its projects. These eight
goals are a global blueprint for breaking the chains of poverty.
Although significant progress has been made on the goals, there are
still one billion people living on less than US$1 per day, and more than
820 million people going to bed hungry every single night. The
international community must act now to ensure the MDGs are met by
2015.
Addressing the causes of poverty
Caritas Australia's work in advocacy stems from our duty to speak up
for the victims of injustice and poverty. We aim to spread
awareness about the issues that underpin human development in a wide
range of disadvantaged countries.
Caritas Australia recognises that there are social and political
structures that need to change if we are to accomplish our task of
fostering human development. We seek effective ways to work for social
change and provide avenues for social action engagement by our many
supporters.
Learn more about these important issues:
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