Help deliver life-saving supplies
Every second counts. Your support can bring food, water and essentials to those who have lost everything
Caritas agencies distributing emergency supplies in Ukraine in early 2022. Photo Caritas Germany.
Don’t wait for disaster to strike
Emergencies are increasing in number and severity, from natural disasters like storms and earthquakes, to conflicts like Ukraine and Gaza, and intractable problems like the food crisis across the Horn of Africa.
Something they all have in common is that they leave vulnerable communities in great need – and those needs often come down to simple things like water, food, bedding and essential items.
Donate now to ensure that when the next emergency happens, we can respond quickly with the essential items communities need to stay alive.
Displaced people in Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh rely on clean water access to stay healthy and prevent the spread of water borne diseases. Photo: Mark Harding/Caritas Australia
$100 can help bring water, sanitation and hygiene support to those in need.
Access to clean water can mean the difference between life and death, by keeping people healthy and preventing the spread of water-borne diseases.
When disasters and emergencies occur, infrastructure that delivers clean water can be destroyed or damaged, or previously clean water supplies can become contaminated.
Vulnerable communities need clean water, and they need it fast.
With your support, we are helping provide urgent food assistance to families in Ethiopia.
$200 can help combat food insecurity for vulnerable families.
When disaster or conflict occurs, it can disrupt normal supply lines, preventing enough food from reaching the affected population.
Ongoing issues like blockades and droughts can also drastically reduce the food supply, and dramatically increase the price of available food.
This can lead to food insecurity and in extreme cases, famine.
Temporary shelters housing people displaced by the conflict in Gaza. Photo credit: CRS.
$500 can keep a family sheltered when they have lost their home.
Essential items can include bedding like sheets and mattresses, tents, hygiene and sanitation kits, direct financial support, medical and psychosocial support, clothes, and more.
People who have lost their homes and livelihoods need basic essentials in order to survive.
Where the funds go
78%
of funds are spent on implementing Local and International Programs, including important education and advocacy in Australia to amplify the voice of our partners.
15%
of funds are spent on Fundraising, so that we can maintain and expand the scope of our humanitarian and development partnerships and work across the globe.
7%
of funds are spent on infrastructure, systems and people that make the work we do possible.
Other Emergencies
Ukraine War
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Papua New Guinea Landslide
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Lebanon Economic Crisis
Lebanon is in the throes of an economic crisis that has brought the country to the brink of collapse. Food prices have risen 628% in two years, and the poverty rate has nearly doubled.
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Rubble and damage after an airstrike in Gaza. Photo: Caritas Jerusalem.
Where does my donation go?
The funds you donate to this appeal go to Caritas Australia’s Emergency Response Fund and will be used to provide humanitarian assistance to communities affected by disasters and emergencies where Caritas has humanitarian operations.
