For further information contact:
	Contact Person:	Mr Pat O'Halloran
	Postal Address:	GPO Box 62 Hobart 7001
	Location:	35 Tower Road New Town Tasmania
	Telephone:	(03) 6208 6277
	Fax:	(03) 6208 6292
	Email:	Contact
	Web:	www.caritas.org.au

Caritas Australia helps people help themselves — regardless of race, religion or political beliefs.  Our agency supports long-term development programs in impoverished communities in Africa, Asia, East Timor, Latin America, Indigenous Australia and the Pacific - helping oppressed people to rediscover their dignity by taking greater control over their lives and overcoming poverty.

Project Compassion
Caritas Australia invites guests from our partner countries to visit Australia each Lent to speak to us about Caritas development programs in their country. Project Compassion is the main way Caritas Australia raises money. Every Catholic school, every Catholic parish and all Australians are invited to be part of the Project Compassion campaign each Lent.