Development & Peace – Caritas Canada Fall Campaign – Share the Journey Every story is different. There are refugees in many parts of the world. More people are on the move around the world today than ever before and each person has a different story. We invite you today to join us in asking our Prime Minister to do more to address the root causes of forced migration. We are asking him to make a commitment to:
Please take a few moments to sign the action card in your pew or go online ww.dep.org/en/education/faIl2018/action No one should be forced to flee their home.
Every year millions of people set off on sometimes perilous journey in the hope of living with dignity and providing for their families. What are the forced migrants fleeing? The causes or forced migration are multiple, complex, and interwoven, for example:
Flight is not a choice but a necessity
To find out more about Development & Peace in Lindsay please contact Dorothy Carroll at 705-324-7750
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Development and Peace (The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace) is the official international development organization of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. Development and Peace is a membership led organization supported by parish collections, individual donations and government grants, principally from the Canadian International Development Agency.
Our mission is to support partners in the Global South who promote alternatives to unfair social, political and economic structures, and educate the Canadian population about the causes of poverty and mobilize Canadians towards actions for change. In the struggle for human dignity, the organization forms alliances with northern and southern groups working for social change. It also supports women in their search for social and economic justice.