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Labor announces $23m aid package for Horn of Africa
The Albanese Government has announced a $23 million funding package to help deliver healthcare, food, and clean water amid ongoing humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa. Source: Caritas Australia.
How to respond to growing global challenges
Caritas Australia gathered supporters and ministers together at NSW Parliament House this week to discuss how the charity is responding to a series of increasingly intense and complex global challenges.
Caritas highlights needs in world’s largest refugee camp
This World Refugee Week (June 17-20), Caritas Australia is shining a light on the plight of the one million people in the world’s largest refugee camp, Kutupalong in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Caritas welcomes $10m government aid package for Gaza
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $10 million aid package to support the World Food Programme in Gaza, announced yesterday.
Caritas welcomes Government support of the vulnerable in Ukraine
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s decision to provide $31 million to help meet Ukraine’s energy and humanitarian needs.
Australia stands alongside PNG, sends aid after landslide
Australia is holding out hope for Papua New Guinea following a deadly landslide, with assistance already under way, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. Source: SBS News.
Budget lifts aid but much more needed: Caritas
Caritas Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s addition of $193 million to overseas development assistance in the federal Budget, but says Australia has a moral, economic and political imperative to support countries in need.
Caritas urges Australian Government to increase aid to Sudan
Caritas Australia yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the civil war between armed militias in Sudan, calling on the Albanese Government to help improve aid access for the impoverished nation.
Caritas condemns rising aid worker death toll in Gaza
Caritas Australia has joined other Australian humanitarian agencies in condemning the rising aid worker death toll in Gaza following the deaths of seven international aid workers who were killed while working for the World Central Kitchen.