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Caritas Australia appeals for support to heal Gaza amid ceasefire

While a ceasefire symbolises some hope for civilians in Gaza, much of the physical suffering will continue in the coming weeks and months, says Sally Thomas.

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A Burnt Out Car In A Destroyed Neighbourhood In Gaza Photo Credit Caritas Jerusalem

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Zed Seselja With Caritas Australia Staff Closeup. Credit Caritas Australia

Caritas Australia was honoured to host the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, in the Sydney office on Monday April 19.  

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Catholic Health Australia members have announced they will match Caritas Australia’s funding to bring the total amount raised to over $500,000 to fight COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea.  

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Houses swept away by an overflowing Comoro River. Photo: Dan Convoy/CRS

Caritas Australia is raising funds to support Timor-Leste and Indonesia after 120 people were killed and thousands left homeless from extensive flooding and landslides.  

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Caritas Bangladesh Staff Member Assesses The Damage In Cox's Bazar. Photo Anthony Caritas Bangladesh

At least eleven people were killed and more than 500 injured in the massive fires which swept through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on March 22. A further 400 people are still unaccounted for.

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On March 22, a massive fire swept through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, destroying thousands of refugee shelters, as well as health centres and other facilities.

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Health Officers From Health Centre In Wewak, East Sepik Province Grateful For The COVID19 Training And Ppes Caritas Australia PNG Office

Caritas Australia welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia has allocated 8000 vaccines, as well as personal protective equipment and medical specialists, to support Papua New Guinea with its recent mass outbreak of COVID-19.

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Men unpacking truck with PPE in PNG

Papua New Guinea is facing a potential catastrophe with an alarming increase in COVID-19 cases. At least 2,269 cases have been reported since March 9, and almost 100 new cases confirmed daily.

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Health providers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are struggling to contain fresh cases of Ebola virus, less than a year after the country’s tenth outbreak of the deadly virus was declared over.

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Jamila At A Women Friendly Space In Bangladesh

On International Women’s Day, Caritas Australia joins development and aid organisations all over the world in demonstrating support for gender equality and celebrating the achievements of women worldwide.

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Ash Wednesday on March 2 marks the official launch of Project Compassion 2022, Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten appeal, which runs for the six weeks of Lent

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Primary School students celebrating Project Compassion

Project Compassion, now in its 56th year, is one of Australia’s longest running appeals. The iconic donation boxes have well and truly become a fixture in parishes and schools across the country during the 6 weeks of Lent.

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Woman holding her daughter in refugee camp.

Ash Wednesday on February 17 marks the official launch of Project Compassion 2021, Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten appeal, which runs for the six weeks of Lent.

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Women waiting to use handpump in India

Caritas Australia’s partner, Caritas India, has recently been awarded the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Award 2020 for COVID-19 Humanitarian Efforts.

The award recognises the tireless work of Caritas India during the pandemic to reach the most vulnerable communities.

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Caritas Australia 2021 01 14 Mamuju, Indonesia M6.2 Earthquake Shakemap (USGS)

Caritas Australia’s partners on the ground in Indonesia are responding to the immediate needs of over 15,000 people displaced by twin earthquakes which have rocked the island of Sulawesi.

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Damage In Fiji Photo Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the immediate needs of thousands of people in Fiji in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa, a Category Five storm which slammed into the low-lying Pacific island late December 17.  

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This Christmas, Caritas Australia is shining the light on the many vulnerable people living with disabilities around the world.

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Sr Ivy Khoury In Mozambique. Photo Caritas Australia Min

Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in eastern and southern Africa, where communities that rely on small-scale agriculture for their food and livelihoods have been severely impacted by government restrictions on gatherings.

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Locals Wade Through Floodwaters After Typhoon Vamco Batters The Philippines. Photo Nassacaritas Philippines (1)

Caritas Australia’s partners are on the ground responding to the immediate needs of hundreds of thousands of people in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, which has struck the Philippines only weeks after Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Goni – the most powerful storm this year.

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Global Gifts Tile

Caritas Australia’s Global Gifts are a great way to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas by showing compassion to those in need and sending joy and hope across the globe.”

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Super Typhoon Goni Devestates Philippines

Caritas Australia partners are on the ground monitoring the impact of Super Typhoon Goni, the world’s most powerful storm this year, which has struck the Philippines and will soon hit Vietnam only a week after Typhoon Quinta.

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Tom Powell, Founder Of Red Dust Healing. Photo Red Dust Healing (1)

A research report released this month on environmental changes in Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific countries has found that local indigenous communities are experiencing severe impacts as a result of a changing climate.

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