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Development and Peace
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DEFENDING WATER AND LAND IN HONDURAS
Around the world, people who defend the environment, water and land are often threatened, criminalized, imprisoned or even killed. Honduras is no exception and is one of the five most dangerous countries in the world in this respect.
The communities of Guapinol and the San Pedro sector in northern Honduras are well aware of this. Their lives have been turned upside down ever since an iron ore mine opened in Carlos Escaleras National Park.
Development and Peace is collecting signatures on a letter to the Honduran ambassador in Canada. The letter can also be signed by going online to devp.org/act
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Development and Peace — Caritas Canada (The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace), a democratic movement for international solidarity, supports partners in the Global South in the pursuit of alternatives to unjust social, political and economic structures.
The organization educates the Canadian population about the causes of impoverishment of peoples and mobilizes actions for change.
In the struggle for human dignity, Development and Peace associates with social change groups in the North and South.
It supports women in their search for social and economic justice.
Development and Peace — Caritas Canada, the official development organization of the Canadian Catholic Church, is inspired by the values of the Gospel, particularly the preferential option for the poor.
In the Ukraine, they have been supporting displaced families, by providing: Field kitchens to provide food, receiving people at train stations and other locations for displaced families in transit. providing them with food, water, hygiene items and psychosocial support, transportation and providing evacuation centers.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Two of the ways you can help out are:
1) Give financially to Development and Peace (envelopes are available at each parish)
2) Sign the Letter Online In solidarity with the defenders of Guapinol and the San Pedro sector in Honduras, we are seeking to collect 32,000 signatures on a letter to the Honduran ambassador to Canada by February 25, 2024. A Development and Peace-Caritas Canada delegation will meet the ambassador and hand her the letter during the spring of 2024. Act now. Please sign the letter. Thank you. https://devp.org/en/campaign/stand-for-the-land/act/
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