Caritas staff were impressed by the strength of the locals in Satitoa village, Samoa. Their village was destroyed by the Pacific tsunami in 2009, yet the community kept their spirits high with little doses of recreation.
Sacred Heart Primary School students with
their certificates.
Caritas K’s offers your community the opportunity to cover
kilometres for compassion by running, walking, cycling or swimming as a
way of connecting with those who have to cover many kilometres each day
to fetch water, obtain food, get to school or market, or simply to
survive.
Caritas K’s educational material
Read these moving accounts of people living in
marginalised communities who have had to:
run to survive
walk for water
cycle to market
swim their way to a better life
A Caritas K’s event at your school could be as simple as:
Students and staff running/cycling around the school oval.
Holding a special event as part of your swimming carnival.
Converting your cross country run into Caritas K’s.
Walking to a BBQ venue on the last day of term.
Organising a cycling event.
Turning a PE class into a Caritas K’s exercise.
OR whatever you choose
If you decide to hold a Caritas K’s event you will receive a
kit containing:
On the last day of term one, the students at Sacred Heart Primary
School at Pymble held a Caritas K’s walk to raise money
for Project Compassion.
Throughout the day the students walked in their class groups around
the oval and school grounds racking up many K’s (kilometres) in
the process.
The enjoyment of the children, especially the infants, was a delight
to behold as was their obvious enthusiasm and will to do their
best. With various levels of speed and style (a special mention
should be made of the fabulous ‘Kath and Kel’ power
walkers), the children made their way around the course, all receiving a
certificate for their efforts.
Well done children and congratulations to the year six Social Justice
Committee for their assistance in organising this and other fundraising
efforts throughout the term.
Out of respect for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, Caritas Australia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which all of its offices within Australia are located.
