Take The Path To Justice
Join us these coming months as Caritas Australia launches an exciting new campaign in August 2012: Walk As One – connecting with our world’s Indigenous Peoples.
We want to walk in solidarity with Indigenous communities to achieve a more just world, but we need your help!
Why act?
Indigenous communities around the world are facing injustices which keep them trapped in a cycle of poverty. Many issues, such as language barriers, land rights and conflict, have a particular impact on Indigenous Peoples, which contribute to this cycle.
Caritas supporters will join together to seek solutions to these challenges, calling on our government to improve Australia’s foreign aid programme and policies as they relate to Indigenous Peoples, and promoting respect for and compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Together, we will also be seeking transformational change in communities and businesses, promoting positive engagement with Indigenous led initiatives and organisations, and encouraging best practise concerning private sector operations on Indigenous territories around the world.
I believe that a worldwide movement for the protection of indigenous rights is something that has to be achieved”
Rosa Chao, Coordinator Yuqui-Yuracaré indigenous communities, Cochabamba, Bolivia How you can make a difference
In the coming months, there will be a number of ways for you to get involved:
Ways you can act now:
- Register to take part in the Walk As One inaugural forum to be held in Sydney in August 2012.
- Spread the word! The more people know about the issues and how we can make a difference together, the greater the benefits for the world's Indigenous Peoples.