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Ceasefire in Gaza
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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Chanmoni on her farm in Bangladesh. Photo credit: Caritas Bangladesh.
Despite Bangladesh’s economic growth over the past decade, inequality in the country continues to impact the most marginalised groups, particularly women, children and indigenous people.

Food distribution in Ethiopia. Photo: CRS
As many as 9.4 million people in Ethiopia are in need of urgent food assistance as the conflict in the East African country continues to escalate.Â

Shirley trained to become an indigenous health worker to protect and care for her community. Photo: SPACFI.
The Philippines is experiencing a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases, as the country battles its fourth wave of the pandemic. Â

Aloma standing among the mangroves in the Philippines. Photo credit: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia.
Around the world, millions of women and girls continue to live in poverty, facing the challenges of gender inequality and discrimination, with poor or limited access to health care and education. But you can help change that.

Caritas Australia CEO Kirsty Robertson with Chanthea Nou, Program Coordinator for Cambodia. Photo: Nicole Clements, Caritas Australia
This World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, Caritas Australia celebrates its partner, Caritas Cambodia, working to help prevent human trafficking.

A UN report has shown significant increase in world hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic. With our local partners, we're working to support the most vulnerable communities around the world. Credit: Inmanuel Chayan Biswas
World faces most significant increase in hunger in decades
A report released by the UN this month shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to the most significant increase in world hunger in decades, with global hunger increasing last year by 18 per cent compared to the year before.
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Women For The World Tackling Gender Inequality And Discrimination. Photo credit: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia.
Women for the World brings Australians together to support vulnerable woman and girls around the world. It’s an initiative that crosses borders, connects communities and creates lasting change.Â

Halima showing her children how to use a hand-washing station in her Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Inmanuel Biswas/Caritas Bangladesh
As Australians line up for their COVID-19 vaccinations, the world’s most vulnerable communities continue to struggle with deadly outbreaks – with little hope of a vaccine in sight.Â

Tom Powell, Red Dust Healing Founder. Photo credit: Cassandra Hill/Caritas Australia.
Founder of Red Dust Healing, Tom Powell, is concerned about Australia’s suicide rate and the impacts on families. Amid droughts, floods, bushfires, mouse plagues and COVID-19, many in regional areas of Australia, in particular, are doing it tough.Â
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Jamila (centre) joins other women in the Women Friendly Spaces project, run by Caritas Bangladesh, in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo credit: InmanuelBiswas/Caritas Bangladesh
This World Refugee Day, we’re celebrating the Rohingya refugees working together to improve living conditions and community safety in Cox’s Bazar, the largest refugee camp in the world. Â

Basic Medical Kits distribution. Photo: Caritas India
In addition to the devastating loss of life from COVID-19, the country has been hit by two extreme cyclones in as many weeks. Â

National Reconciliation Week 2021 - Uncle Tom Powell, Founder of Red Dust Healing. Photo credit: Richard Wainwright
Take a look at the First Australian partners we work with, towards creating a more equitable and reconciled Australia.

Tackling Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Timor-Leste. Photo credit: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia.
Every day, Timorese women like Martina seek refuge from domestic violence.

Rither Mallewo, Coordinator of the Tanzanian A+ Program in the Diocese of Mbulu Development Department (DMDD).
Rither Mallewo, Coordinator of the Tanzanian A+ Program in the Diocese of Mbulu Development Department (DMDD), speaks about the way that your support has enabled improved community development in Tanzania.

Sr Ivy Khoury meeting the community in Mozambique. Photo: Caritas Australia
23 MAR 21
Sr Ivy Khoury is Caritas Australia’s Program Coordinator for Africa, here’s what she had to say about the lifechanging impact your support enables across much of the continent.Â

Willy Tan in the field. Photo: Caritas Australia
26 FEB 21
For Arsad in Indonesia, improved hygiene and infrastructure have improved his family’s health. Willy Tan, Caritas Australia’s Program Coordinator for Indonesia and the Philippines, explains how.
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