Christian organizations like Christian Aid, Caritas, and Doctors Without Borders provide humanitarian aid to victims of war in three main ways: (1) Christian Aid and Caritas support local groups to provide food, shelter, and other assistance to refugees and those in need, as well as work to address the root causes of problems like poverty, (2) Doctors Without Borders sends medical volunteers to conflict zones and areas suffering disease outbreaks to provide emergency healthcare, and (3) These groups are motivated by Christian teachings of compassion, as well as humanist values of helping others in need.
Christian organizations like Christian Aid, Caritas, and Doctors Without Borders provide humanitarian aid to victims of war in three main ways: (1) Christian Aid and Caritas support local groups to provide food, shelter, and other assistance to refugees and those in need, as well as work to address the root causes of problems like poverty, (2) Doctors Without Borders sends medical volunteers to conflict zones and areas suffering disease outbreaks to provide emergency healthcare, and (3) These groups are motivated by Christian teachings of compassion, as well as humanist values of helping others in need.
Christian organizations like Christian Aid, Caritas, and Doctors Without Borders provide humanitarian aid to victims of war in three main ways: (1) Christian Aid and Caritas support local groups to provide food, shelter, and other assistance to refugees and those in need, as well as work to address the root causes of problems like poverty, (2) Doctors Without Borders sends medical volunteers to conflict zones and areas suffering disease outbreaks to provide emergency healthcare, and (3) These groups are motivated by Christian teachings of compassion, as well as humanist values of helping others in need.
Christian organizations like Christian Aid, Caritas, and Doctors Without Borders provide humanitarian aid to victims of war in three main ways: (1) Christian Aid and Caritas support local groups to provide food, shelter, and other assistance to refugees and those in need, as well as work to address the root causes of problems like poverty, (2) Doctors Without Borders sends medical volunteers to conflict zones and areas suffering disease outbreaks to provide emergency healthcare, and (3) These groups are motivated by Christian teachings of compassion, as well as humanist values of helping others in need.
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Starter: What do you think these pictures show?
What is done about the
victims of war? (1) Understand what can be done to help victims of war. (2) Understand the work of a present-day religious organisation that helps victims of war. Consequences of war TASK: Copy this diagram in your book, then answer the question below.
Injuries Buildings & land
& death destroyed & contaminated What do you Victory/ think? defeat 1. Which of Consequences of these is the war Cost worse and Captivity/ why? being freed 2. Are the victors of war likely Famine & Refugees to suffer the disease same as the losers? How do Christians & other people help victims of war?
Christian Aid Doctors without borders
• Set up in 1940’s • Help the poor, whatever the causes (includes refugees) – also working to eliminate causes of • Independent poverty (human rights, fairness, climate organisation, not change) depending on • They support local groups to bring help to governmental funding where ever it’s needed • Medical staff • Lot’s of fundraising volunteering in areas of conflict or medical need Caritas (disease outbreaks like cholera or Ebola, • Catholic organisation emergency care) • Serve the poor in the world, promote charity & justice in the world through education, health • To help those in need care, relief work, addressing climate change • E.g.: Providing food & shelter for Syrian refugees; also helped with legal issues and had translators to help with that Why do Christians & other people help victims of war?
CHRISTIANS OTHER PEOPLE
• Christian teachings: “Love • Simply giving
your neighbour as help/support where it is yourself.” (Mark 12), needed because we’re all Good Samaritan (Luke 10) humans • Follow Jesus example • Being touched by other • Make the world a better people’s suffering and place wanting to make things better • Treat others as you want to be treated
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