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16 May 2012 | Media release | Emergency Relief | Africa
Millions of people across nine countries in West Africa can be saved from a humanitarian catastrophe if we act now. Drought and a subsequent food crisis is endangering an estimated 15 million people in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad, northern Nigeria and northern Cameroon.… Continue reading
9 May 2012 | Media release
Caritas Australia has urged the Federal Government to keep its commitment to the world’s most marginalised people after announcing a substantial drop in the forecast foreign aid budget last night.
20 Apr 2012 | Media release | Long-term Development
Australia’s selfless efforts to end global poverty have had a major impact on the lives of millions of people in the poorest nations on Earth and Caritas Australia says now is a time to become leaders in the drive against poverty, not followers.
18 Apr 2012 | Media release | Emergency Relief
Families in Fiji’s marginalised squatter settlements have told stories ranging from heartbreak and fear through to powerful examples of resilience after flood waters again devastated communities across the Pacific nation.
15 Apr 2012 | Caritas in the news
St Mary's primary school and parish at Goondiwindi, Queensland, raised an amazing $4,783 for Project Compassion during Lent 2012.
11 Apr 2012 | Media release | Emergency Relief
A tsunami alert has been issued across Asia after an 8-plus magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province earlier tonight.
5 Apr 2012 | Media release
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen’s mission to stand in solidarity with some of the poorest people on Earth has to come to a close after he covered more than 38km kilometres wandering the halls of Federal Parliament in just a week.
3 Apr 2012 | Media release
Hundreds of tourists remain stranded and scores of locals displaced, but we should stop to consider the plight of Fiji’s most vulnerable, with flood waters devastating fragile squatter settlements across the region.
23 Mar 2012 | Media release
Chris Bowen, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, has been on a long walk through the halls of Parliament in a personal bid to help end global poverty.
14 Mar 2012 | Caritas in the news
Actor Ben Affleck has spoken out about Invisible Children's Kony 2012 video by highlighting the need for Caritas Australia and other international partners to keep up their valuable work not just in Uganda, but also in neighbouring countries.
9 Mar 2012 | Media release
The Australian public is having a real and lasting impact on victims of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has terrorised millions of people across four vulnerable African nations.
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Help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity:Now we have food for the whole year because we grow vegetables and earn money from food processing — our health has improved. We can send all four of our children to school. - Flabiana, East Timor
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