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Timor-Leste: clean water on tap after 450 years

Living without clean water is a frightening prospect. Drinking dirty water is a quick way to get sick. And waterborne diseases spread quickly when there’s no clean water to wash in — it makes prioritising hygiene very difficult. On top of that, spending hours every day walking to a safe water supply robs people of […]

Stories from Afghanistan

Suzy Sainovski, CARE’s Asia Pacific Communications Advisor, recently returned to Australia after three weeks working with our humanitarian teams in Afghanistan. Flying over Afghanistan was a jaw-dropping experience. Stark, jagged peaks, covered in snow, set against a brilliant blue sky were an incredible sight on that cold February morning. CARE has been working in Afghanistan […]

The generosity of strangers

Seventy-five years ago, Tim Thomas received one of the very first CARE Packages. Tim lived with his family in England during World War II, and soon after peace settled across Europe, CARE was formed in the US, and “CARE Packages” were sent to those who were struggling. “We were very poor and like millions of […]

Imagine what Marlena can do with the right opportunities

Every day Marlena, from Papua New Guinea, would slash and prune the cocoa trees with her husband to try and provide for their five kids. But they were struggling to make a living. Marlena says, “The greatest needs of our family are school fees, clothing, and sometimes food.” Having never been taught about weed control, […]

Defeating poverty through multilingual education

In Cambodia’s northeast, many children can’t go to school if they don’t know the national language of Khmer. It sets them back and restricts them from gaining a life-transforming education. Pheat grew up speaking an indigenous language, Kreung, which wasn’t taught at any of the local schools. Through CARE’s multilingual education project in Cambodia, Pheat […]

How to donate to Ukraine from Australia

No one should have to endure the suffering of war. Seeing women and children fleeing violence and having to leave their country just to feel safe is devastating. And while it’s easy to feel helpless, the truth is: every little thing you do goes a long way to helping a family find the hope to […]

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