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Liturgy for Hope in Times of Disaster Caritas Australia would like to thank Moira Staunton for this education resource and liturgy. Contents Part 1- Classroom preparation Part 2- Liturgy preparation Part 3- Liturgy Part 4- How does Caritas Australia respond to emergencies? Before, During and After the Headlines ------------------------------------------------- Part 1- Classroom Preparation (before liturgy) Aim: To tune students into the issue and prepare their own contributions to the liturgy. What you need: Newspaper articles with pictures about the disaster Video clips from news programmes Maps of the region where the disaster took place Atlases Cards or Post-its for students to write on, large strips of paper to use…show more content…
‘Tune’ students in to issue by listening to an account of someone who experienced the disaster or a video clip. (Check Youtube) 2. Students journal about their reactions had they been in such a situation- What would they have heard, seen, felt? Discuss with class. 3. Natural disasters are unstoppable natural occurrences. There are many types of natural disasters. Go to the website below to learn about the different types of natural disasters and complete the activities which follow. www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775896.html . Other helpful websites are: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/ 4. Discuss recent disaster - Casualty figures, areas and cities, towns affected. Students locate and shade the affected area on a map. Shade Australia on map and using map or atlas scale determine how far affected areas are from where students live. To give them a sense of the real impact of the death toll of the disaster, students find a town in their own region that has a similar population . Imagine the consequences of the destruction of that number of people and a town of that…show more content…
How many people have lost their lives due to natural disasters in the previous year? Were most of the live lost in developing or developed countries/regions? Why do you think this is so? 3. Read the following article on our website: India- Tsunami: Building back better http://www.caritas.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/WhatWeDo/Respondtodisaster/TsunamiTwoYearsOn/India/default.htm Name 3 different aspects/techniques for preparing communities for a natural disaster. DURING the disaster Providing relief such as shelter, food, water as well as trauma counselling is important in helping people, families and communities meet their immediate needs. Partnership In honouring the principle of subsidiarity, Caritas Australia is committed to listening, accompanying and working with the local Church and partner agency in partnership. This means our relationships must be based on mutual respect, trust and goodwill. People who are affected by a disaster have a right and a duty to participate in making decisions that affect them and to not be mere recipients of aid. Partnership emphasises the importance of recognising and respecting local culture, custom and belief, understanding each others’ background, context, constituency and

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