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Caritas Australia welcomes a $10m government aid package for Gaza
Caritas Australia has welcomed a $10m aid package to support the World Food Programme in Gaza and echoed its calls for a ceasefire.
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A Caritas worker walks through the destruction in Gaza. Photo credit: Caritas Jerusalem.
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Caritas Australia’s partners on the ground in Indonesia are responding to the immediate needs of over 15,000 people displaced by twin earthquakes which have rocked the island of Sulawesi.
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Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the immediate needs of thousands of people in Fiji in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa, a Category Five storm which slammed into the low-lying Pacific island late December 17.
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This Christmas, Caritas Australia is shining the light on the many vulnerable people living with disabilities around the world.
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Sr Ivy Khoury in Mozambique. Photo: Caritas Australia.
Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in eastern and southern Africa, where communities that rely on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihoods have been severely impacted by government restrictions on gatherings.
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Locals wade through floodwaters after Typhoon Vamco batters the Philippines. Photo: NASSA/Caritas Philippines
Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the immediate needs of hundreds of thousands of people in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, which has struck the Philippines only weeks after Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Goni – the most powerful storm this year.
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Caritas Australia’s Global Gifts are a great way to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas by showing compassion to those in need and sending joy and hope across the globe.”
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Caritas Australia partners are on the ground monitoring the impact of Super Typhoon Goni, the world’s most powerful storm this year, which has struck the Philippines and will soon hit Vietnam only a week after Typhoon Quinta.
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Tom Powell, founder of Red Dust Healing. Photo: Red Dust Healing
A research report released this month on environmental changes in Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific countries has found that local indigenous communities are experiencing severe impacts as a result of a changing climate.
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Caritas Australia welcomes the government’s announcement in last night’s federal budget that Australia will increase economic support for COVID-19 response and recovery in our region by $304.7 million over the next two years.
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On Sunday, 4th October, Pope Francis released the third encyclical letter of his pontificate: Fratelli Tutti (Brothers and Sisters All), focussing on the ideas of friendship and human solidarity.
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Dr Debra Sayce, Executive Director CEWA, Athena Route, Year 12 Student Mater Dei College and Paul Reid, Caritas Australia Social and Ecological Justice Animator for WA And SA.
Athena Route, a year 12 student at Mater Dei College in Perth, won the Caritas Australia Perpetual Trophy at the 2020 Angelico Exhibition for her artwork entitled “The Value of Intangible Memories”.
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New Caritas Australia Board. L-R: Christine Grima, Kirsty Robertson (CEO), Jack De Groot, Bishop Vincent Long, Wendy Hughes and Robert Fitzgerald AM. Photo: Daniel Nour/Caritas Australia.
22 SEP 20
Caritas Australia, the Catholic Church’s international aid and development agency, is charting a new path into the future with the inauguration of a board which emerges from its incorporation process.
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Caritas staff and volunteers on the ground. Photo: Caritas Lebanon
A month after the massive explosion which devastated the city of Beirut, killing over 200 people, the Caritas network is on the ground responding with new tactics and solutions for long-term development.
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The Caritas Network is on the ground responding to emergency needs in Beirut. Photo: Caritas Lebanon
31 AUG 20
Following the massive explosion which killed over 200 people and wounded 6500, Caritas Australia, part of the global Caritas network, is responding to the immediate needs of blast survivors in Beirut with an international solidarity effort.
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Caritas staff and volunteers on the ground following Beirut explosion. Photo: Caritas Lebanon
Following the massive explosion which killed over 200 and wounded over 6500, Caritas Australia with its partners on the ground, responding to the immediate needs of blast survivors in Beirut.
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We stand in solidarity with the people of Beirut and the Lebanese community here in Australia at this time of enormous heartbreak and loss. The Lebanese Catholic community is a valued part of the Caritas Australia network.
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Caritas Australia is shocked and deeply saddened by the events that took place in Lebanon overnight. Reports indicate that massive explosion occurred at the port in Beirut at around 6pm on 4 August 2020 local time, killing at least 70 people and injuring thousands more.
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold. Image: Vanuatu Meteorology and Geohazards Department
Cyclone Harold struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu overnight, with devastating winds reaching up to 250km hour, accompanied by heavy rains and flooding.
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Gary Pinto performed his custom-made Project Compassion theme song, “Walk with me” at St Mary’s Cathedral College and Catholic school students from across New South Wales. Photo: Caritas Australia.
Australian singer, songwriter and musician, Gary Pinto is urging thousands of school children, teachers, churches and families across Australia during Project Compassion.
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Catholic College Wodonga participates in World Water Day. Photo: Catholic College Wodonga.
According to the United Nations, 785 million people globally do not have access to clean water, and by 2030, 700 million may be displaced by water scarcity. In Africa alone, the average woman walks six kilometres to haul 18 kilograms of water each day.
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Sydney catholic schools students outside St Mary’s Cathedral with international guest, Florida Rafer. Photo credit: Nicole Clements, Caritas Australia, 2020
Life is tough for the Philippine’s 17 million indigenous people who face discrimination, disadvantage and displacement from ancestral lands.
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