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CARE Australia We are an international aid organisation that works around the globe to save lives and defeat poverty

Sabah used to wake before dawn and spend hours each day walking across rocky hills in Yemen to collect water for her fam...
03/06/2026

Sabah used to wake before dawn and spend hours each day walking across rocky hills in Yemen to collect water for her family.

Today, she fills her container just steps from her home.

Through CARE’s rainwater harvesting project in Taiz, access to safe water is becoming more reliable for families living in remote areas.

For Sabah, it means fewer exhausting journeys, more time with her children, and a daily life that is a little less uncertain.

🔗 Read Sabah’s story: https://bit.ly/4uccq98

📷 Photo © Bushra Al-Akhali/CARE

How much does a period really cost? Too much.For half a billion women and girls, a period comes with costs far beyond wh...
28/05/2026

How much does a period really cost? Too much.

For half a billion women and girls, a period comes with costs far beyond what’s on the shelf: lost dignity, missed school and work, health and physical harm, impossible choices.

But when all of us can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, the impact goes far beyond one person.

CARE and our partners are working toward a more period-positive world, tackling stigma and ensuring everyone has what they need to feel safe, dignified, healthy and supported.

When all people can fully participate in school, work, and community life, we create a better, more equal world for us all.

🔗 Visit care.org.au/donate to help end period poverty.

When water is nearby, girls are safer.In northeast Syria, years of drought and conflict have forced children like Hala a...
27/05/2026

When water is nearby, girls are safer.

In northeast Syria, years of drought and conflict have forced children like Hala and her cousin Hiba to spend hours collecting water each day.

With the rehabilitation of their village’s water station through CARE’s intervention, access to safe, reliable water is being restored, giving children more time to learn, play and rebuild their futures.

🔗 Read Hala and Hiba’s story: https://bit.ly/42Y8sG4

📷 Photo © Ahmed Oumari/CARE

It can be easy to take for granted how simple access to water can be. As simple as turning on a tap.In rural Pacific com...
20/05/2026

It can be easy to take for granted how simple access to water can be. As simple as turning on a tap.

In rural Pacific communities, access to water is shaped by geography, infrastructure gaps, and climate variability.

Many families rely on sources that can be unreliable or unsafe, including rainwater tanks, surface water, and shared systems vulnerable to breakdown and contamination.

Women and children often spend hours each day collecting water, with direct impacts on health, education and livelihoods.

CARE Australia works alongside communities to design and maintain water systems suited to their environment, combining infrastructure with training and long-term support.

🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4ukSwcJ

📷 Photo 1 © Regina Lepping/CARE
📷 Photo 2 © Sarah Wiles/CARE

Esther is a survivor. But she still isn’t safe.After fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Esther and he...
14/05/2026

Esther is a survivor. But she still isn’t safe.

After fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Esther and her mother returned home to find almost nothing left: no roads, no electricity, and only contaminated water to drink.

In many conflict settings, damage to infrastructure leaves communities without safe water. What should be a basic necessity becomes a daily risk.

For women and girls, the impact is even greater. Collecting water often means long journeys, exposure to danger, and bringing home water that can make families sick.

CARE is working alongside communities like Esther’s to restore access to safe water and health services. But the scale of the need remains significant.

🔗 Read Esther’s story: https://bit.ly/4dqSvgt

📷 Photo © CARE/Sarah Easter

For many, Mother’s Day is a celebration. For millions of others, it is defined by crisis and survival.Across the world, ...
10/05/2026

For many, Mother’s Day is a celebration. For millions of others, it is defined by crisis and survival.

Across the world, women and girls risk their safety to access water, often walking long distances to unsafe or contaminated sources. For pregnant women, the risks are even greater.

This is the reality in Sudan today. Galatia fled war 8 months pregnant and gave birth in a stranger’s hut, without access to clean water.

The global water crisis is not just about access. It is about safety, dignity, and survival.

This Mother’s Day, stand with a mother like Galatia by helping bring safe water closer to home. Your donation before 30 June is tax deductible.

Because when water is close, women and girls are safer.

🔗 Read Galatia’s story and donate: https://bit.ly/3P5J4uE

06/05/2026

Last week, Melbourne welcomed Women Deliver for the first time ever in the Oceanic Pacific region.

More than 6.000 people came together to share ideas, stories and solutions for gender equality.

For CARE, the conference was about connection: bringing together colleagues and partners from across the Pacific, Asia, Africa and beyond.

Across panels and conversations, CARE teams highlighted issues from climate justice and nutrition to youth leadership and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4cXzOQY

🌍 5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day. We’re reminded that access to safe water and sanitation isn't a luxury, it's a right....
05/05/2026

🌍 5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day.

We’re reminded that access to safe water and sanitation isn't a luxury, it's a right.

CARE Australia stands with the millions of people still waiting for access to safe water and sanitation. We are building infrastructure, training communities, and protecting lives.

Because everyone deserves dignity, donate today: https://bit.ly/4d9NzML.

Donations today are doubled, helping your impact go further.

📷 Photo © Jannatul Mawa/CARE Bangladesh

Ahead of Women Deliver '26, we hosted a brunch at Studley Park Boathouse with international guests and friends of CARE.M...
27/04/2026

Ahead of Women Deliver '26, we hosted a brunch at Studley Park Boathouse with international guests and friends of CARE.
Melbourne turned it on with perfect weather, and the room followed suit - supporters and CARE colleagues from around the globe in conversation, plenty of laughter, and a wonderful mix of perspectives and cultures.
A genuinely fun way to kick off a big week together. ☀️

Women Deliver Conference 2026 is coming to Melbourne on 27th April, hosted by the Pacific and Oceanic region.With the th...
26/04/2026

Women Deliver Conference 2026 is coming to Melbourne on 27th April, hosted by the Pacific and Oceanic region.

With the theme “Change Calls Us Here”, the event calls for a shift in global gender equity, placing women, youth and gender‑diverse people at the centre.

CARE Australia’s presence at Women Deliver is grounded in long‑term work across the Asia‑Pacific region, alongside local partners and communities. As a leading women and girls’ NGO, CARE supports women as agents of change addressing poverty, climate impacts and inequality.

Ahead of this 2026 conference, Australian organisations are calling for multi‑year, at‑scale investment in climate action, intersectional leadership for gender justice and girls’ resilient futures.

As part of this call, CARE Australia is sharing what this investment looks like in practice. In Timor-Leste, CARE partners with the AHP’s Disaster READY program and local communities to protect existing water sources and to build a clean water system.

🔗 Read the full story from Timor Leste: https://bit.ly/48jNpAR

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