Contribute to the work of Caritas - You can make a difference

A child in Malawi. Photo credit Jerry Galea.

A boy in East Timor ploughs the fields.

A girl in India carries goods. Photo credit Sean Sprague.

Sacred Heart Primary School students with their certificates.

Kilometres for compassion

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.

Watch the Caritas Australia Story online movie and see how people in Bangladesh have to walk or cycle to do just about anything!

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:

• Instructions on how to hold a Caritas K’s event
• Education materials
• Posters
• Permission slip
• Sponsorship booklets

To receive an order form and/or fi nd out more about Caritas K’s, email caritasks@caritas.org.au

Inspire others:

Send in your fundraising story with photos

By email: projectcompassion@caritas.org.au
By mail: 19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney NSW 2060

Sacred Heart students walk for Caritas K’s

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 Kell’ 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.