The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is getting worse by the hour. The international aid organisation CARE is raising funds to support its local partner, People in Need, which has been working in Ukraine since the conflict began in 2014. The first trucks with relief supplies are already on their way to Ukraine. They are transporting […]
CARE launches fundraising appeal for Ukraine
February 25, 2022
As a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Ukraine, CARE Australia has launched a fundraising appeal to support those in need with food and other necessities. The escalating violence puts millions of lives at risk and threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. CARE will be supporting local partners in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to […]
Donations needed for Tonga volcano & tsunami survivors
January 21, 2022
As the destruction in Tonga is revealed, the international aid organisation CARE has set up a dedicated fund for Australians to donate to support the survivors of Saturday’s volcano eruption and tsunami. CARE Australia’s Director of International Programs and Operations, David Sims, said there was widespread need across Tonga. “People whose homes, crops and water […]
Filipinos face Christmas without homes after Typhoon
December 22, 2021
More than 600,000 people in the Philippines are facing the prospect of spending Christmas in cramped and damp evacuation centres, as the country reels from Super Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette). With some phone lines still down, roads blocked by landslides and boats destroyed, emergency workers are still discovering the scale of the damage […]
Australia failed our Pacific neighbours at COP
November 12, 2021
Australia’s commitments at the COP26 climate change conference failed our Pacific neighbours and others on the frontlines of climate change, say the aid agencies ActionAid, CARE and Oxfam Australia. Australia’s announcement of $500 million to help Pacific and Southeast Asian nations mitigate and adapt to climate change is a fraction of our fair share, and […]
Afghanistan: equivalent of 1/2 Australia’s population facing hunger
August 31, 2021
As the large-scale evacuation of people from Afghanistan comes to a close, the aid agency CARE is warning that 12.2 million Afghans – the equivalent of around half Australia’s population – are facing acute hunger. Many parts of the country are experiencing drought, made worse by a warm winter with rain and snowfall at half their […]
