Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)

Agency for Technical
Cooperation and Development
(ACTED)
NAME OF THE STUDENT. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Overview
The major regions to study the role of the
Catholic Social Teaching are: Public agencies,
Private agencies and the Not –for-profit agencies
The chosen organization for study is the Agency
for Technical Cooperation (ACTED), which looks
into the development of a system that protects
the dignity and independence of the aging
refugee population of Lebanon. These refugees
have been from the troubled regions of Syria who
took shelter in Lebanon from the year 2016. The
population is so huge that an estimate of 1
refugee is there in this region for every 4
nationals (Data2.unhcr.org, 2019).
Challenges with realizing the
aspirations to the Common Good
 Fund shortages are crucial for ACTED
 Being a non-governmental organization, which
works for a social cause but not to generate
profits or revenue, the organization has less
workers and support.
 Every person does not have the same prerogative
to work for everyone else’s betterment. The
organization is struggling to earn daily bread for
the refugees in Afghanistan and Lebanon, as
these places house a huge number of population.
 Diverse religion and ethnic beliefs tend to create
a hostile situation for the refugees who are not
always welcomed warmly when it comes to
sharing the resources of the natives.
 Challenges of shelter, medicine and education
exists besides the food shortage. Local
community participation is not enough in these
regions as it requires global support and
resources, now. This would also eliminate social
isolation and boost the building up of a socially
strong community ground (Liu et al., 2016). It also
aims at developing a stringer and integrated
community.
My Professional Contribution with respect to
CST
 There is a value associated with the “Life and Dignity” of a
person and all of them are equally valued. This ensures one’s
responsibility towards their own selves before serving the
others (Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing
Services of Western Washington, 2019)).
 Developing proper connection with ACTED and providing
donations besides reaching out to others in order to raise
awareness and funding to smoothen their activities. Rights and
 Besides funds, collection of clothes, books and other
necessities can help yielding a better solution to the deprived
apart from funds.
 Solidarity with the other humans irrespective of their religion,
national boundaries, ethnic and racial differences besides
respect for the economic and ideological differences are
essential. So, rumours and hatred being spread in the name of
religion should be tackled and countered at the individual
levels.
 Caring for the creations of God and thereby protecting the
environment, animals and its people is a major way to raise
awareness practices and maintain a harmony across nations
(Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services of
Western Washington, 2019). Women and children must be
provided with necessary medical treatments by the doctor’s
association.
 Men and youth needs a pro-social hand in their entry into the
workforce to uplift their living standards in these regions and a
warm acceptable environment is necessary for the same.
References
Brady, B. V. (2017).
Essential Catholic Social Thought 2nd
edition. Orbis Books.
Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services
of Western Washington. (2019). Catholic Social Teaching -
Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services
of Western Washington. Retrieved 19 August 2019, from
https://ccsww.org/about-us/catholic-social-teaching/
Data2.unhcr.org. (2019). Situation Syria Regional Refugee
Response. Retrieved 20 August 2019, from
https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria/location/71
Liu, J., Dupree, J. L., Gacias, M., Frawley, R., Sikder, T., Naik, P.,
& Casaccia, P. (2016). Clemastine enhances myelination in
the prefrontal cortex and rescues behavioral changes in
socially isolated mice.
Journal of Neuroscience,
36(3), 957-
962.
Introduction
 This study tries to look into the system of
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) based on the
Christian moralities, their virtues, social
practices and other institutional and community
practices (Brady, 2017).
 It attempts to focus on the speech given out by
Pope Francis as “On care for our Common Home”
to promote developing a relationship between
the self and the community as well as to
increase the human dignity.
 The mutual endeavours to come together and
work from the cohesive perspective is essential
to uplift the challenges to the community.