1. Refugees Last updated May 2015 Photo credits:
Catholic Relief Services (Niger)
Caritas Internationalis (Syria)
Caritas Internationalis (Sudan)
Last updated May 2015

2. It is night.

3. You have packed only
what you can carry.

4. It is unsafe for you to
stay where you are.

5. You must move quickly.

6. You don’t know what
the future will hold.

7. You know you may
never be able to return.

8. Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis
Syrian refugees
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

9. Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia
Thai Burma border PC 2012
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia

10. avoiding the main roads.
You travel at night,
avoiding the main roads.

11. You eat what you
can find.

12. You travel in
constant fear.

13. After days or weeks of walking you arrive at a refugee camp.

14. Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services
Mali
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services

15. The camp is crowded.

16. Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis/ CLMC J. Khoury

17. There is never enough food or water to go around.

18. You cannot work.

19. You may be here for months.

20. Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

21. You may be here for years.

22. Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services / Neil Deles
Somalia
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services / Neil Deles
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services / Neil Deles

23. Imagine if it were YOU.

24. FACTS There are many reasons people are forced to flee their homes:
War
Natural disasters
Persecution
Fear
Famine
Violence

25. A person uprooted by conflict will remain displaced for an average of 17 years.
Source: UNHCR
Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas
Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas

26. More than 16.7 million people around the world have been forced to flee their home and their country.
Source: MDG Report 2014
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

27. It is also estimated that there are more than 33 million internally displaced people in the world.
DRC
Source: MDG Report 2014
Photo credit: Caritas Australia
Photo credit: Caritas Australia

28. 10 million people are considered ‘stateless’:
that is, they have no country that recognises them as citizens.
Thai Burma border
Source:
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia

29. Source: Pope Francis, Message of his holiness Pope Francis
For the 101st World day of migrants and refugees (2015), 2014

30. Caritas Australia’s Response
Caritas Australia is the Catholic agency for international aid and development.
With your support we are able to work with refugees and internally displaced people, helping people rebuild their lives and future by providing:

31. Water and sanitation Sudan Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas

32. Niger
Photo credit: Ryan Worms / Caritas Internationalis
Health programs
Photo credit: Ryan Worms / Caritas Internationalis

33. Psychosocial Support Sudan Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas

34. Agriculture Sudan Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey / ACT-Caritas

35. Education Thai Burma border
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia
Education
Photo credit: Oliver White / Caritas Australia

36. Livelihoods Darfur Photo credit: Laura Sheahan / Caritas-ACT

37. Food DRC Photo credit: Caritas Australia

39. We pray that refugees never lose hope of finding a more secure future.
God of Hope,
We pray that refugees never lose hope of finding a more secure future.
Sudan
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

40. We pray that refugees will encounter an outstretched hand of welcome.
North Kenya drought
Photo credit: Joseph Mirgichan / Caritas Australia
Photo credit: Joseph Mirgichan / Caritas Australia

41. We pray that refugees will experience fraternal solidarity and the warmth of friendship.
Niger
Photo credit: François Therrin
Photo credit: François Therrin

42. Syrian refugees
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services
We pray for those devoting their lives to helping refugees, that they will find strength in your love.
Photo credit: Catholic Relief Services

43. Thai Burma border
Photo credit: Oliver White/ Caritas Australia
We pray for ourselves, that we will recognise Jesus Christ in those whom seek refuge.
Photo credit: Oliver White/ Caritas Australia

44. We pray for justice and an increasing commitment to peace, the indispensable condition for all authentic progress.
Amen
Syrian refugees
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis
Photo credit: Caritas Internationalis

45. Learn more! Take Action!
Use our education resources to explore the issue of refugees and displacement further and take action!
Primary Refugee lesson activities
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