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Around the world, millions of people are still dying of diseases for which vaccinations or treatments exist. This fact sheet and interactive quiz looks at the root causes. CST quotes, discussion questions and a prayer are also included.
This article and reflection is on the continuing violence in Darfur and its root causes, such as poverty and environmental destruction. Use this resource for group discussion or as a bulletin insert.
The urbanization of poverty is a growing phenomenon as people increasingly move from rural areas to cities in search of work in developing countries. Poverty rates are rising in cities as a result. This fact sheet details the situation and includes a prayer.
Use this unit for World Environment Day (June 5) or any other environmental day. This new forty-one page unit is full of Catholic Social Teaching, fact sheets, case studies, prayers, interactive materials and more. Use all or parts of this unit to educate others about the connection between poverty and the environment.
This fact sheet describes the situation of the millions of children around the world who are called "street children." The resource is based on the New Internationalist magazine’s April 2005 focus articles on street children.
The Jubilee USA Network is concerned about effects on the environment of projects and programs sponsored by the World Bank and IMF.
This two-page handout/bulletin insert overviews John Paul II’s concerns about debt of poor countries and the problem of hunger in the world.
Environmental degradation has a magnified affect on the poor. This informative fact sheet includes statistics, a case study, discussion questions, CST, and a prayer.
The Option for the Poor is central principle of the Church’s social teaching and relevant in disasters such as the tsunami in South East Asia. This unit consists of fact sheets on the poverty and natural disasters as well as on development aid to poor countries in the Catholic Social Teaching perspective.
The fact sheet summarizes the basics of the UN Millenium Development Goals, an world-wide initiative to fight poverty. The resource includes an update on the progress made and connects the goals to creating an option for the poor, a key principle of Catholic Social Teaching.
True/False quiz on international poverty.
Caucus on Race, Poverty, and Globalization:
Statement to the Plenary of the World Conference Against Racism
By Anita Nayar
September 6, 2001
I am representing the Caucus on Race, Poverty and Globalization which is comprised of development, women’s, youth, human rights, migrant rights, religious, academic NGOs and trade unions from every region of the world. We would like to share with you our three major concerns that we hope governments will address and will be reflected in the final Declaration and Programme of Action.
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