CARE Australia and the Australian cricket community have partnered in a moving event to mark 10 years since the Boxing Day tsunami, with 10,000 letters of thanks from tsunami survivors delivered to cricket fans at the Commonwealth Bank Boxing Day Test. The Thanks for Caring Australia campaign kicked off today with the arrival at the […]
Australians donate millions to charity to beat tax deadline

With June 30 just a few days away, Australians are expected to donate millions in the coming days ahead of the End of Financial Year tax deadline. Australian Tax Office statistics show that more than 4.5 million Australians donating and claiming more than $2.24 billion as tax-deductible donations in 2012. The figures also show that […]
Australia’s commitment to women’s economic empowerment a positive step

International aid organisation CARE Australia has welcomed the Government’s commitment to women and girls’ empowerment in the Australian aid program, following the announcement of a new initiative to strengthen women’s trade opportunities in Asia-Pacific. Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja today announced the initiative – which will strengthen trade promotion of women […]
Help a pregnant mum in Papua New Guinea this Sunday

As families across Australia prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, CARE Australia is calling on sons and daughters across the country to give their mums a CAREgift (www.caregifts.org.au) that will help save the lives of expectant mums in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Every day in PNG an estimated five women die in childbirth and […]