Caritas Australia welcomes the government’s announcement in last week’s federal budget that Australia will increase economic support for COVID-19 response and recovery in its region by $304.7 million over the next two years.

Caritas Australia, the Catholic Church’s international aid and development agency, has launched a new community engagement plan to communicate the good news of our Church’s social and ecological justice work with parishes, schools, and young people (aged 16 to 25).

Caritas Australia has this week provided an initial $50,000 in crucial emergency relief as part of its Middle East Regional Appeal.

Caritas Australia and its PNG partners are helping communities turn challenging life circumstances and relationships into more positive and harmonious ones with the Caritas Australia supported Centre of Hope.

Caritas Australia has helped more than 16,000 people across Australia find peace of mind, through its partner-supported programme Red Dust Healing.
Barry is a Gamilaroi man originally from western NSW, who has transformed his life.

Phany, 27, lives in a village in western Cambodia. Struggling to earn a living as a rice farmer, her family experienced food scarcity and she was forced to leave her young daughter behind to take up construction work in the city.