October 2021

At our October Meeting:

From our September Meeting:

We received a piece from Sr. Analee in the Philippines that showed us a little of how in the Philippines they are advancing the rights and care of the earth.

1. 1. Planting a tree for creation Staff / Children and Sisters from the schools.

   2. Offering thanksgiving having named the talents of all.

   3. Planting Banana and Cacao trees.

   4. Preparing and delivering a webinar on Laudato Si to all.

2. Erin Earth Sr. Lynne Spoke to this particular work and mentioned:

   1. That the Board is made up of lay people but the funding comes from the Presentation Sisters.

   2. Part of the work involves "Teaching Sustainable Development".

   3. This initiative involves working with "Frist Peoples".

   4. The work is measured against the SDGs and Laudato Si objectives.

   5. To progress this work at the very beginning the sisters had to dig up a Tennis Court.

3. We will look to the work that the JCs in this group are doing for Women and Girls. Here

   1. Sr Pat offered to send on some of the posters that they use in the USA.

   2. We agreed to send to Brian any works that advance the care and rights of women and girls by end of OCT

   3. We will do the same gathering of information relative to Indigenous Peoples by the end of Nov.

4. News of the 3 Presentation Asks for COP26. Here

5. News of Sr. Flora and the Participatory Rural Appraisal (Below)

   1. The Participatory Rural Appraisal involves gathering information that relates to climate change in all the local towns and villages and this is collated by Animators who can then advise on best practice relative to farming etc.

6. The October Reflection from the SIsters in North India here

7. Sr. Dorothy will prepare a prayer for our next meeting (and Libania will prepare a prayer for the November Meeting).

8. After our Oct and Nov meetings we will move to a meeting every 2 months.

Working on the Ground in South India!

The Photos below were forwarded to us by Sr. Flora Mary (South India) who explained that the Sisters visit communities undertaking a Participatory Rural Appraisal that will list those factors and incidences of apparent Climate Change. Such a qualitative survey will assist in the development of models that will help those in the villages adapt and mitigate future climate change.

Participatory rural appraisal is an approach used by non-governmental organizations and other agencies involved in international development. The approach aims to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of rural people in the planning and management of development projects and programmes