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Caritas responds following devastating earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi

The Caritas international network, is responding with emergency assistance following a powerful earthquake that rocked central Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday.

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For over half a century, generations of Australians have participated in Project Compassion. Project Compassion began in 1965–making it one of the nation’s longest running charity campaigns.

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CST Card Set Open Graph

Caritas Australia has launched its first-ever Catholic Social Teaching (CST) Card Sets, taking its existing Catholic Social Teaching Toolkit and resources, and creating an accessible and portable way to integrate CST principles for schools, parishes and workplaces.  

 

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Caritas Australia is calling on the Australian Government to urgently prevent catastrophe in the worst-affected hunger hotspots in the Horn of Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan and Syria. 

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Women At The Young Mums And Bubs Group At Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation. Photo Richard Wainwright, Caritas Australia Min

Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation’s Young Mums and Bubs Group, supported by Caritas Australia, supports young women in the community with practical support like housing and helps mentor the next generation of young people.

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Priscilla With Grandchildren

Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion campaign introduces us this week to Priscilla from Zimbabwe, who is using her conservation farming skills to grow drought-resistant crops and farm poultry to support her family during the current food crisis. 

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Destruction from earthquake in 2023. Photo: Caritas network.

Since the devastating Türkiye-Syria earthquake on February 6, Caritas Australia has raised more than $1 million for the Türkiye-Syria earthquake appeal. 

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A Young Boy

After twelve months of conflict in Ukraine, the toll on civilians has been catastrophic. Thousands have been killed, many more injured, millions forced to flee, and homes and vital infrastructure have been destroyed. 

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Laxmi On Bridge

Caritas Australia has announced the launch of Project Compassion 2023, its annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal.

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The Destroyed Cathedral Of Iskenderun. Photo Caritas network.

Caritas Australia welcomes the Australian Government's announcement that it will contribute an additional $25 million in emergency assistance to help address food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Pakistan, and a further $8 million for earthquake assistance in Türkiye and Syria. 

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Caritas staff responding to earthquake damage. Photo: Caritas network.

The death toll from last week’s two earthquakes has now surpassed 36,000 across Türkiye and Syria, with thousands more injured and fears that the numbers may reach as high as 50,000.  

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Lulu Mitshabu (Second From Right) Visiting Caritas Australia Partners In DRC In Jan 2023. Photo Lulu Mitshabu, Caritas Australia

Lulu Mitshabu, Caritas Australia’s Program Coordinator for Democratic Republic of Congo, had the honour of meeting with His Holy Father Pope Francis on 31 January.  

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Caritas Tonga staff pre-positioning supplies

Sunday 15 January marks one year since the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano violently erupted, releasing billowing plumes of ash, water vapour and sulphur dioxide 57km into the atmosphere – the highest ever recorded from a volcano. 

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Michael Peyra Farewell At Caritas Australia. L R Dan Skehan, Kirsty Robertson, Michael Peyra.

After a remarkable 17 years, Caritas Australia is saying farewell to Michael Peyra, Caritas Australia’s Senior Coordinator for Design, Monitoring and Evaluation in the Pacific.  

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Woman in IDP camp in Democratic Republic of Congo

Caritas agencies are responding to support communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who have been facing escalating conflict and displacement since the rebel militia group M23 seized a swath of the east of the country just over a year ago.  

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Quan with students from his school. Photo credit: Phan Tam Lam

In the wake of a year filled with crises, Caritas Australia has launched its annual Christmas Appeal to support the most vulnerable communities across the globe.  

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Ambassador Bruce Edwards, The Australia Ambassador For Ukraine, Visiting Caritas Australia’S Partner In Moldova, CRS Moldova. Photo Schimbator Studio Min

Ambassador Bruce Edwards, the Australia Ambassador for Ukraine, recently visited Caritas Australia’s partner in Moldova, CRS Moldova, to meet the local families that have welcomed Ukrainian refugees.  

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Optimized Caritas Australia Staff Calling Supporters To Thank Them On Caritas Australia's Thank You Day 2022. Photo Caritas Australia (1) Min (1)

To celebrate the first week of the season of Advent, Caritas Australia held its first ever Thank You Day this week, where staff from across the organisation came together to thank over 2,800 supporters with personal phone calls, emails and handwritten cards.  

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Impacts of the earthquake out the back of a staff member's house in Solomon Islands.

Caritas agencies are responding after over 50,000 people were displaced in the wake of the magnitude 5.6 earthquake that struck Indonesia this week.  

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Archbishop Mark Coleridge Leads Blessing Of Caritas Australia's New Sydney Office. Photo Jared Weedon, Caritas Australia (1)

Most Reverend Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane has been formally appointed to the Board of Caritas Australia. On November 22 he led the Caritas Australia staff and volunteers in a Blessing of the organisation’s new Sydney office in Mascot.

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