This Lent, we invite you to pray, learn, act, reflect, watch videos and donate to support Development and Peace – Caritas Canada partners in the Global South who are building a world of justice!
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In Brazil, our partner Justiça nos Trilhos supports communities like Aylla’s and Lara’s, helping them protect their rights and our Common Home from abuse by polluting corporations.
“Hello! My name is Aylla and I live in Piquiá da Conquista, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Last year, 312 families, including mine, were relocated from our old village because of industrial pollution. Around my home, there was a railroad on one side and steel mills and a cement factory that emitted toxic dust and fumes on the other. Back there, the air we breathed was really bad and it made us sick. We couldn’t ride our bikes anymore because the streets were dangerous and full of potholes, and company trucks drove by too often. Here, I’m really happy! I can walk, ride my bike and go to the field to play soccer, my favorite sport!”
“Hello! My name is Lara and I live with my family and my grandmother in a rural area near Açailândia, in Brazil. There used to be a lot of forests here, but little by little, they were all cut down to make way for large soybean fields. When the planes come to spray the soybean fields with pesticides, they fly over our houses and also spray our fruit trees, our gardens and our animals. It’s very bad for our health. We must take good care of the environment. I love living here! I go to school, I play outside, I love eating all kinds of fruit like jackfruit, mango and guava. When I grow up, I’d like to be a farmer.”
Hear Aylla and Lara’s inspiring stories in the newest Planet Pals podcast!
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