CCSJ urges Catholics and people of goodwill to read, reflect on and act on Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 World Day of Peace Message, ‘Fighting Poverty to Build Peace’.
The message was released on 10 December 2008 (read).
There are 1.4 billion people worldwide living in extreme poverty. In TT the 2005 official figure is 16.5% out of about 1.3 million people (Survey of Living Conditions final Report on Trinidad and Tobago for 2005.)
As Caribbean Net News reports: “At the end of 2005, the level of poverty in Trinidad and Tobago was put at 16.5 percent, while the indigent was put at 1.2 percent. The poverty line was at TT$665 per month per capita. An IDB commissioned report for an earlier period 1998 placed the poverty level at 24 percent. This was based on household budgetary survey data for 1998.
“Three types of poverty levels were identified: Chronic poverty, which occurs when one is trapped in poverty over generations, structural poverty that arises when one loses a job or employment and is unable to find new work because of structural changes within an economy, and the third being transitory poverty that arises because of dynamics taking place in the economy. This may occur even with full employment in the country where an individual may be out of a job on a temporary basis and may need to find work in another part of the country.”
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CCSJ notes that Dr Ralph Henry, from Kairi Consultants does not believe that the scales she used were accurate. He was responsible for calculating the 2005 figures. , Henry agreed, though, that the poverty level in TT was extremely high and something must be done to address it.
It’s important to note that Pope Benedict’s message addresses spiritual and moral poverty and not only material poverty.
CCSJ believes that all forms of Poverty are an affront to the dignity of the human person. If we are concerned to promote justice and peace, then we must address this issue urgently. Let’s stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world who are in need.
His Holiness urges us to expand our “hearts to meet the needs of the poor and to take whatever practical steps are possible in order to help them.” He says: “The truth of the axiom cannot be refuted: ‘to fight poverty is to build peace’.”
