Caritas Australia is an international aid organisation of the Catholic Church working in over 30 countries following their motto “end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity” from the teachings in the bible which transforms hearts and minds in the Australian community. Caritas Australia promotes peace by working with the poorest of the poor and delivering long term development programs in which Jesus ask us what we are going to do with the needy and poor “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40)
Caritas Australia, project “Love your neighbour: Project Compassion “is an annual Lenten fundraising and awareness raising appeal” promoting the understanding about peace through the principle teaching and demonstrating the extraordinary ongoing of faith, generosity and love of the Catholic Congregation “In the name of justice and peace” (Caritas Australia). The project has contributed to world peace by supporting many individuals around the world from helping them to gain new skills to earn an income to helping neighbours in their vulnerable communities. Project Compassion promote world peace as “peace is the fruit of justice…dependent among human beings” motivates adherents to develop inner peace to contribute to the outer peace by respecting and assisting the development of human life as caring for the poor is everyone’s responsibility.
Caritas Australia is the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church in Australia. They are members of the Fundraising Institute of Australia and the Australian Council for international Development (ACFID)
The image below displays members of Project Compassion from around the world, all committed to work with Caritas Australia as this is the basic of how adherents were to contribute to world peace.
In Christianity, adherents use the Bible to frame their principles teachings about the concept of peace. Project Compassion 2017 revolves around the greatest commandment “Love your neighbour”. The fundamental teachings advocated that love and forgiveness can improve the world through outer peace in which Christ referred to God’s law “You shall love your neighbour as yourself” (Matthew 12:31) This project centralised Jesus as the ultimate role model for peace that guide adherents to contribute to world peace, by displaying our love for other people with appreciation and respect for their values and worth as human beings. This is known as the Golden rule in which peace infers that one must act peacefully to receive peace. Project Compassion “Love your neighbour” delivers a moral framework towards the outer world as they state “love for your neighbours can transform lives” (Caritas Australia). This is consistent with the project as Exodus 23:6 states “do not deny justice to your poor” which similar share the same view as Caritas Australia “end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity”
Thanks to the support of Project Compassion, it has successfully, throughout the years supported numerous individuals and countries in achieving world peace. Caritas Australia performance for 2015-16 reported “total reportable income is $42million, with an expenditure of $40 million” which allowed them to build a sustainable platform that enables long term engagement. They were able to spend to a close $25 million towards international and domestic programs which has been mostly driven by cost management strategy. This allowed Project Compassion in successfully helping = Martina from Timor Leste by offering her far more than just shelter from domestic violence. Through this project, women like Martina now have a better future as it enabled her to undertake livelihood training and start a small business to support her children” Martina claims “I give thanks to the people of Australia for their help to me Project compassion is so successful in achieving world peace is due to embracing Jesus compassion for the poor which allowed them to maintain their goal of promoting peace.
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Inspired by their motto “faith inspired action” The Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian organisation, operating for more than 30 years. They’ve contributed to world peace through battling poverty and illiteracy, responding to disasters and disease outbreak in communities all striving to make the world a better place for billions of people still living in poverty today. The project “Syria crisis appeal” has been aiding Syria since 2011 by sending essential humanitarian aid and by working with vulnerable families. Delivering more than $195 million worth of aid inside Syria, it gave comprehensive emergency response that comprised of “medical assistance, food parcels, shelter, water and many essential items” (Islamic Relief Worldwide). This program contributes to world peace as adherents follow Allah’s will and purpose in promoting justice by addressing the principle teachings that guided adherents towards world peace.
The Islamic Relief Worldwide aims to relief poverty in every part of the world by following the will of Allah. Providing education, water and shelter are all guided in the spirit of Zakat. One of the five pillars, the Zakat relates to the principle teachings concerning peace. Zakat is an individual commitment to charity where it helps the poor of society as they give their wealth that they need in an attempt for a just and equal world. “Whoever pays the Zakat on his wealth will have its evil removed from him” (Ibn Khyzaimah and at-Tabaraani) demonstrates that purifying your wealth for the will of Allah is to acknowledge that everything we own belongs to Him, and it is for him that Muslim adherents can strive to end poverty and help their brothers and sisters.
Indeed, Islamic Relief Worldwide plays a significant role in contributing to world peace however, it is difficult for these organisations to be recognised, supported and play a constructive role in contributing to world peace due to the negativity felt towards Muslims. Nevertheless, Islamic relief has changed people’s lives by their work as they enhance high quality programs in delivering real result for the world’s most vulnerable people.
This project provided 1,298 children in Syria educational support, helped 387,002 patients by supporting health facilities. They’ve supported 30,023 families (161,970 individuals) by providing food parcels to Syria.
Abo Abdo, home was bombarded by rocket fire which left him a severe head injury and lost his sight in his right eye. With the support from the project, they supplied them with food, and hygiene packs containing items such as soap and toothbrushes all helped Abo Abdo to live in a safe and secure environment where his children would grow up to be healthy and have a better future. This displays how the project and Islamic Relief are able to make the most of funding to achieve the maximum positive impact on individuals.