As the destruction in Tonga is revealed, the international aid organisation CARE has set up a dedicated fund for Australians to donate to support the survivors of Saturday’s volcano eruption and tsunami. CARE Australia’s Director of International Programs and Operations, David Sims, said there was widespread need across Tonga. “People whose homes, crops and water […]
Filipinos face Christmas without homes after Typhoon
December 22, 2021
More than 600,000 people in the Philippines are facing the prospect of spending Christmas in cramped and damp evacuation centres, as the country reels from Super Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette). With some phone lines still down, roads blocked by landslides and boats destroyed, emergency workers are still discovering the scale of the damage […]
Australia failed our Pacific neighbours at COP
November 12, 2021
Australia’s commitments at the COP26 climate change conference failed our Pacific neighbours and others on the frontlines of climate change, say the aid agencies ActionAid, CARE and Oxfam Australia. Australia’s announcement of $500 million to help Pacific and Southeast Asian nations mitigate and adapt to climate change is a fraction of our fair share, and […]
Australians want Gov to provide climate support to developing countries
October 28, 2021
The majority of Australians (61%) think our government should be doing more to support low-income countries in the face of climate change, according to new polling from YouGov on behalf of the aid organisation CARE Australia. Most people also think rich countries have contributed the most to climate change, though many Australians underestimate how our […]
Women in low-income countries denied access to COVID vaccines
October 12, 2021
Only one woman for every three men is being vaccinated against COVID-19 in some countries, the international aid organisation CARE is warning. New research from CARE sheds light on how vaccination rates, availability and hesitancy differ between men and women in 16 low-income countries. CARE’s head of health advocacy, Christina Wegs, said the findings were […]
Afghanistan: equivalent of 1/2 Australia’s population facing hunger
August 31, 2021
As the large-scale evacuation of people from Afghanistan comes to a close, the aid agency CARE is warning that 12.2 million Afghans – the equivalent of around half Australia’s population – are facing acute hunger. Many parts of the country are experiencing drought, made worse by a warm winter with rain and snowfall at half their […]
