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Week 4 - March 19, 2023
Standing for the Land in Honduras
Honduras’s diverse ecosystems, fertile lands and rich natural resources attract many profiteering enterprises that overexploit the land to no benefit for local communities.
Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada supports Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación (ERIC, Reflection, Research and Communication Team), an organization that helps communities in their struggle for land and territory and investigates human rights abuses.
This Lent, meet our solidarity visitor Elvin Hernández, a human rights investigator at ERIC. Learn more at devp.org/lent.
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Week 3 - March 12, 2023
Colombia: defence of land and territory
Colombia is home to nearly 10 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, yet it is also one of the most dangerous countries for people defending their land and territory against exploitation.
Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada’s partner, the Asociación Campesina de Antioquia (ACA, Peasant Association of Antioquia) supports peasant communities affected by armed conflict in defending their lives and territories and in building a culture of peace through filmmaking and art.
This Lent, meet our solidarity visitor Raquel Soto, a participant in ACA’s documentary filmmaking school. Learn more at devp.org/lent.
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Week 2 - March 5, 2023
The courage to Create Hope
To delegates at the 4th World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope Francis said, “…you have the ability and the courage to create hope where there appears to be only waste and exclusion.”
These are the words that inspired the choice of “Create Hope” as a five-year guiding theme at Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada.
The courage to Create Hope is rooted in actions big and small. For to drive away anguish and despair, it is best to act. Every action we take has a positive effect on us, our neighbours, our great human family, our children and their descendants. What will you to this Lent to Create Hope? Join our campaign at devp.org/lent.
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Week 1 - February 26, 2023
Development and Peace: a movement of solidarity
Established in 1967, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada is the official international solidarity organization of the Catholic Church in Canada.
We partner with organizations in the Global South that promote alternatives to unjust social, political and economic structures and support women in their quest for equality and justice.
With the help of our 11,000+ volunteer members, we inform Canadians about the root causes of impoverishment and mobilize them to act for change. Our Lenten campaign, Stand for the Land focuses on people’s defence of their territories in Colombia and Honduras.
To learn more about our movement and to join us, visit devp.org.
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February 19, 2023
This Lent, let’s stand for the land
This year, Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s Create Hope: Stand for the land campaign calls you to support our sisters and brothers in the Global South in defending their land and territory. Do this by:- Donating online at devp.org/give or during the Solidarity Sunday collection on March 26, the fifth Sunday of Lent. Your generosity helps support over 86 projects in 40 countries around the world!
- Learning more by reading the Mini-magazine and other resources available at devp.org/lent/resources.
- Meet our solidarity visitors and participate in the campaign launch webinar on February 25 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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