About CARE Australia and What We Do
We share with our supporters the desire for everyone to have a fair chance in life, an equal opportunity. For over 75 years, CARE has been providing assistance to those in poverty regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.
We have learnt from our work across 94 countries that when inequality is tackled, long-term lasting change is possible.
CARE Australia supports women around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We work with local communities to provide women with equal opportunities to earn an income, gain access to their fair share of resources, participate in decisions that affect their lives, and lead their communities through the increasing impacts of climate disasters and other crises. That’s what we do.
Fast Facts
In 2023/24, CARE Australia spent:
- 83% combined funds of investment in programs
- 9% of total expenditure on accountability, administration and our talented people
- 6% of total expenditure to raise future funds
- 2% on advocacy and community education
Disasters and emergencies
Whether it is a sudden emergency or an ongoing crisis, CARE Australia works to aid people in need in the Asia-Pacific region and wherever we are best placed to around the world.
Education and livelihoods
Education and the right to work are two of the most powerful tools in overcoming poverty.
Food and water
Hunger and malnutrition remain the leading threats to public health worldwide.
Health
Basic healthcare is essential for all families. Every day, about 800 women die from preventable causes related to childbirth.
Climate
The world’s poorest people are experiencing the impact of climate change with devastating consequences.
Saving lives all around the world
CARE Australia is a member of the global CARE Confederation, working with communities all over the world. With a vast majority of staff local to the country where they work, supporting a strong network of local partners, we have deep connections and impact in more than 100 countries.
As CARE Australia, we have built strong, long-term relationships with partners who work in their own communities in the South-East Asia and Pacific regions and we know that this is where we can be most effective. We also respond to humanitarian crises outside this region when we are well-placed to do so.
CARE has been committed to helping the world’s most vulnerable people since the first CARE packages were sent to the survivors of World War II in 1945. We seek to end extreme poverty for all who experience it. We provide assistance to those in poverty regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.
