Category: Youth

Photo of members of our Youth Assembly 2023 | Photo de jeunes membres de l'organisation lors de leur Assemblée annuelle en 2023

Could you be our next youth ambassador?

Renamed in honour of a departed former executive director, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada’s Youth Ambassador Program offers exceptional young people the opportunity to lead changemaking and learn from changemakers.

Soyez notre voix ! Nos représentant·e·s jeunesse lors des Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 2023 à Lisbonne, Portugal !

World Youth Day: journeying with hope, rising with haste

As one of over a million pilgrims at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, our Manitoba and Thunder Bay animator found that the Caritas connection sparked many conversations and inspirations among old and new friends from around the world.

Raquel Soto

An inspiring solidarity visit

Raquel Soto, our first Share Lent 2023 solidarity visitor in five years, came from Colombia to share her message of hope and inspire us with her peasant woman’s quest for defending her territory poetically through filmmaking. Here’s a look at the Quebec leg of her visit.

An “unforgettable” weekend!

Delegates gathered from across Canada for intellectual, spiritual and gastronomic feasting at the 2023 Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada Youth Assembly.

Casa Velha, from Heart to Earth

Youth rep Nicole Forestell shares her experiences at the Casa Velha camp, in Portugal, which included reconnecting with the earth and personal and group reflections.

A schooling in solidarity

Development and Peace’s Schools Program is helping young people understand, question and resist the unjust global systems that perpetuate poverty and inequity.

SEARCH for :

STAY INFORMED

Don’t miss anything about the work of our international partners or our awareness and mobilization campaigns.

Sign up now for our newsletter.