With the weather heating up as we reach summer, and with the recent COP28 in the headlines,  the climate emergency is at the forefront for many people.

A reflection on the first Faith Pavilion at COP28, a dedicated space for different faiths, traditions, and perspectives to come together to achieve a better future for our planet and humanity.  

Sally Thomas Humanitarian Emergencies Lead at Caritas Australia appraises the humanitarian impact of evacuation and displacement into areas already overcrowded with existing residents and internally displaced persons.

Caritas Australia is on the ground at COP28, with a new report Unheard, Uncharted: A holistic vision for addressing 'non-economic' loss and damage.  

On the 27th November Caritas Australia held a virtual Service of Solidarity for the Holy Land, hosted by Mission Facilitator Michael McGirr. 

Thanks to people like you, we are able to make a tangible difference in the lives of vulnerable people around the world. Here are some stories of how economic empowerment is changing lives.

One month since the conflict in Gaza escalated to its current staggering levels, the crisis has reached a critical point, with violence claiming thousands of lives and leaving a population in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.  

A month into the conflict, with the death toll rising, we keep being told the situation on the ground is beyond our comprehension of suffering. Yet, hour by hour, conditions continue to worsen.  

Caritas Australia's statement on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as of 27^th October 2023.

In recent days the Israel government has launched hundreds of military air strikes across the Gaza Strip. Even before these attacks, 8 out of 10 people were reliant on international aid.

The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has become one of the world’s most severe, with 24.4 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

On the night of September 19, 2023, Russian troops hit an industrial enterprise in Lviv, where a Caritas-Spes Ukraine humanitarian aid warehouse was located.

Globally over 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes worldwide, over 43 million of them are children. The impact on children's education and wellbeing can be devastating. 

We're at the halfway point with the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, so it's time to take a look at what progress has been made and what more needs to be done.

Thousands of people have been killed after a catastrophic 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Kingdom of Morocco’s High Atlas Mountain range.

On the 3rd of August, a delegation from Timor-Leste and the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation visited the head office of Caritas Australia in Sydney.

Approximately half of the world survives on less than $6.85 per day (World Bank, 2022). And the stark reality is that women bear an uneven portion of poverty.

This week, the Australian government released its new International Development Policy, the first in almost a decade.  

It has been six months since the devastating series of earthquakes which struck Turkey and Syria, causing deaths, injuries, and widespread damage across the region.

Sudan has been in the news over the past few months as a large scale humanitarian crisis unfolds. The north African country, which has long been a host for refugees from neighbouring countries, is now seeing millions of its own citizens forced to flee their homes.