The Lenten season has begun, starting with Ash Wednesday, which saw the launch of Project Compassion. The theme for Project Compassion 2019 is based around hope and giving Lent 100%.
Hope is one of the three pillars of Christian virtue. Money raised is sent to communities who are living in poverty and assists them with access to clean and safe drinking water, education and an overall better standard of living — things that we don't often stop to appreciate.
Project Compassion is run through Caritas Australia, a program which works through the principles and practice of community development, supporting people to help themselves out of poverty, hunger and injustice.
Money raised is sent to 25 different countries including Australia, Kenya, Uganda, Cambodia, India, Fiji, Samoa and other places in Africa, Asia and Pacific Island nations. We ask you to please donate generously in your Homeroom boxes to this Lenten appeal.
