"Archbishop Philip Wilson, President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference thanked the thousands of Australians who have given so generously to the recent disasters in Haiti and Chile and last year to the crises in Samoa, Indonesia and the Philippines.
'Yet, the biggest crisis of all is that one billion people are living in poverty and without access to food, clean water, housing, health care and education. These are basic human rights being denied.'
"The funds raised during Project Compassion enable Caritas Australia to provide a panacea to this ongoing crisis through its work with local agencies in delivering long-term community development programs.
"Archbishop Wilson highlighted that for Caritas, being the voice of the poor and upholding people’s rights and human dignity, especially those of women and children, are as important as meeting basic needs.
"Women and children are the most affected by poverty in developing countries. It is estimated that every year; ten million children under the age of five die from preventable causes; 72 million children do not attend primary school and more than half a million pregnant women receive inadequate maternal health care." read full story by Archdiocese of Melbourne.
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