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Events: VIC — QLD
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Exhibition: Blueprint for a Better World
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Hear from:
Pat Dodson: Indigenous Advocate .
Lulu Mitshabu: Congo justice advocate
Sr Ivy Khoury: Caritas Australia's Group Leader for Africa and Latin America talks about the ZImbabwe crisis.

VIC

Exhibition: Be part of the Blueprint
Blueprint for a Better World is a travelling multimedia exhibition which gives a practical face to the eight Millennium Development Goals. Video, photographs, as well as contributions (such as HIV/AIDS posters, baskets, school books and readers) from Caritas partner communities make up the installation. Each of the eight MDGs are presented as a blueprint for positive social change in our world highlighting how Caritas Australia and its community partners — supported by the Australian public and the Australian Government through AusAID — are engaged in the challenge of tackling poverty for the world’s poorest. Visit the website.

View a sample of the exhibition
MELBOURNE
When: 3–10 December 2009
Where: Parliament of the World's Religions, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Entry: Free

The next stop for the full exhibition is
MELBOURNE
When: 16–30 January 2010
Where: Federation Square in the BMW Theatre, 10am to 8pm daily
Entry: Free

QLD

Photographic Exhibition: Faces from the frontline

When: From Friday 6 November 7pm
Where: Francis Rush Centre, St Stephens Cathedral, 277 Elizabeth Street
Entry: $5 donation to Caritas Australia

In June 2009, celebrated Australian photographer Hamish Cairns visited Pakistan with Caritas Australia. Responding to the 2.5 million people who had been displaced in the fighting in the Swat Valley, Caritas was delivering aid to these innocent victims of the war on terror. Capturing the personal stories of these proud people, this exhibition illustrates the dignity and strength of those who are forced to live in this war torn area.

Caritas Australia blog

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Photo gallery

See all the fun from Project Compassion events in the gallery.
Tell us how you're supporting Project Compassion 2009 and send in your photos to: projectcompassion@caritas.org.au

Join the Be More Challenge

For young Australians — Take action on social justice issues with Caritas Australia throughout the year by setting your own challenges in our online Be More community!

Parliamentary luncheon

Read what human rights advocate Father Frank Brennan had to say during his address to a Paliamentary luncheon to launch Project Compassion.

Father Frank Brennan, AO, SJ, a Jesuit priest and lawyer. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to Aboriginal Australians (1995). In 1998 he was named a Living National Treasure during his involvement in the Wik debate and was appointed an Ambassador for Reconciliation by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
In 2001–02 he spent 18 months in East Timor as Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service and was awarded the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal for that work.
On 10 December 2008 he was appointed as the Chairperson to the Australian Government's National Human Rights Consultation Committee. In 2009 this independent Committee will consult with the Australian community about the protection and promotion of human rights.

Pat Dodson lecture

Read a transcript of the Inaugural Project Compassion Lecture featuring Indigenous advocate and Caritas Australia partner Mr Pat Dodson.

Following last year’s landmark apology to Indigenous Australians from the Australian PM, acclaimed Indigenous leader and justice advocate Mr Dodson talks about a road map on where to now for reconciliation. Transcript >>

Lulu Mitshabu speaks

Lulu Mitshabu, Caritas Australia’s Programs Coordinator for Democratic Republic of Congo traveled during Project Compassion to talk about the dangers of violence against women in her homeland. Read what Journalist Judy Cannon had to say about the audience reaction to Lulu's story on International Womens Day when 1,200 people gave Lulu a standing ovation.

The crisis in Zimbabwe

Sr Ivy Khoury — Caritas Australia's Group Leader for Africa and Latin America — talks about the escalating suffering in Zimbabwe and the importance of holding on to hope.

Photo gallery

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Tell us how you're supporting Project Compassion 2009 and send in your photos to: projectcompassion@caritas.org.au

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