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A ceasefire deal has been announced. The ceasefire will commence on January 19, 2025 and will last for an initial period of 42 days. During this time, hostages will be returned and a surge of humanitarian aid will be allowed into the Gaza strip.

A burnt-out car in a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo credit: Caritas Jerusalem.
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The Common Home project team training community members on the importance of maintaining good sanitation. Photo: Catholic Diocese of Auki

Talaso, a Kenyan mother, faces a future of drought and starvation. Credit: Thom Flint, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
As global average temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as cyclones, floods, and droughts, have escalated worldwide. This is exacerbating global water insecurity. Not only has the global population been increasing rapidly for decades, but average water use has over doubled this rate.
World Water Day aims to raise awareness about the global water crisis and the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water each day.Â

Laxmi and her mother Mankala work in their fields close to their home in Jajarkot district, western Nepal. Photo: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia
Caritas Australia celebrates the transformational power of women through Ada, Rosalie and Laxmi.

Phany and her daughter near their home in Cambodia. Photo: Caritas Australia.
Leaving a bequest to Caritas Australia is a meaningful way to continue your impact on the world. Even leaving just 1% of your estate can create lasting change for vulnerable communities across the globe.

In the ashes of the humanitarian warehouse on Caritas Spes Lviv, destroyed by Russian drones. Photo: Caritas Spes Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine stretches into its fourth year, millions of Ukrainians continue to face displacement, loss, and uncertainty. With the largest conflict in Europe since World War II still ongoing, nearly a third of Ukraine’s population—12.7 million people—require humanitarian aid.

Talaso is a mother of two living in a remote community in Marsabit, northern Kenya. Photo: Thom Flint/CAFOD

Aid workers sit with Sudanese refugees in Chad. Photo credit: Caritas Mongo.
Sudan is enduring one of the worst hunger and displacement crises the world has ever witnessed. The magnitude of suffering since the brutal civil war erupted in April 2023 is difficult to put into words, yet it is crucial that the world understands the plight of millions who are enduring unimaginable hardship.

Destroyed buildings in Port Vila with emergency vehicles on the scene, photo credit YTS News.

Memory at her technical college near the city of Blantyre where she completed a course in carpentry in Malawi. Photo: Tim Lam/Caritas Australia

A burnt-out car in a destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza. Photo credit: Caritas Jerusalem.
16 JAN 25
A ceasefire deal has been announced. The ceasefire will commence on January 19, 2025 and will last for an initial period of 42 days. During this time, hostages will be returned and a surge of humanitarian aid will be allowed into the Gaza strip.

Memory (centre) with her parents, Lector and Lute, and siblings in their village in Mwanza district, southern Malawi. Photo credit: Caritas Australia and Caritas Gokwe.

Aid distribution at a transit camp for Sudanese refugees in Chad. Photo credit: Caritas Mongo.
Sally Thomas, Humanitarian Manager at Caritas Australia, writes in The West Australia.

Destruction following a later 2018 tsunami in Indonesia, the worst hit country by the 2004 tsunami. Photo Credit: Putu Sayoga/CRS
Caritas Australia remembers the devastation of the Boxing Day tsunami and its victims.

Children playing at a school in Samoa where 70 percent of people live in low lying coastal areas vulnerable to rising sea levels. Photo credit: Caritas Australia.
Global leaders let climate vulnerable countries down at COP29, but we must work to support climate vulnerable communities despite this setback.

Sakhina is a Rohingya refugee living in the world's largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: Caritas Australia
Caritas Australia’s Christmas Appeal is a way to spread joy and love to those in need this holiday season.

Timor-Leste is one of our closest neighbours, yet the country continues to grapple with severe challenges such as poverty, food insecurity and high rates of gender-based violence. Our team at Caritas Australia recently spoke with two dedicated staff members who work on the ground in our Timor-Leste office - Fernando Pires, Caritas Australia’s Country Representative in Timor-Leste and Domingos Aquino, Team Leader for Australian Humanitarian Partnership Disaster Ready Projects.

Kirsten Sayers interim CEO of Caritas Australia and Senator Wong at the launch of Anchors in a Crisis. Photo credit: DFAT.
Caritas Australia has launched a new report, looking at the benefits of and barriers to women holding leadership positions in humanitarian response.

Abraham and Gladys have seen firsthand the impact of climate change on their community in Malaita, in the Solomon Islands. Photo: Rose Clough/Caritas Australia
Ahead of the November COP29 meeting in Azerbaijan, communities from the Pacific are highlighting the urgent, direct impact of climate change on their lives.

Caritas Lebanon waving a flag. Photo: Caritas Lebanon.
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has had a ripple effect in Lebanon with continued armed confrontation on Lebanon's southern border, leading to a dire humanitarian crisis.
Governor General Sam Mostyn and Caritas Australia Interim CEO Kirsten Sayers at the ANCP 50th anniversary celebration on the 5th November. Photo credit: Caritas Australia.
ANCP is the government’s longest running program, having just celebrated its 50th year.

Sudanese women working as farmers in neighbouring Chad. Photo credit Caritas Mongo.
In September, Caritas Internationalis and ACT Alliance, in collaboration with the Bishops of Sudan, launched a critical appeal to address an urgent crisis. The crisis? One of the most urgent and underfunded crises of recent years, the humanitarian emergency in Sudan.
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