Aussie charity SolarBuddy wants to give six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030. The bold initiative aligns with 17 Sustainable development goals curated by the United Nations, in particular, “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”…
Give for Good, Domino’s registered charity, has today announced a national partnership with Rural Aid – Australia’s leading rural charity. Over the three-year partnership, Give for Good will donate $150,000 per year ($450,000 in total) to help accelerate the expansion of Rural…
Four out of five children in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they feel abandoned by the world, a new report by Save the Children revealed today.…
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre strongly supports the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 20 recommendations outlined today in their report Management of COVID-19 risks in immigration detention. The review assessed the adequacy and appropriateness of measures taken in response to COVID-19 risks against international…
FORTY Monash University students recently paid $5 each for the privilege of packing six items into two hundred plastic zip lock bags. A piece of gauze, a plastic sheet, some cotton cord, a bar of soap, pair of gloves and a sharp…
MÉDECINS Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) applauds the US Government’s decision to support waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. Doing so will increase sufficient and timely access to these lifesaving medical tools as COVID-19 continues to ravage countries across the globe.…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Land Rover has premiered the first of a series of short films showing how local teams are the future of emergency response efforts. The first-of-its-kind four-part series, On the ground: Humanitarians…
IT is not only global charities and governments helping to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Indian sub-continent. Friends of India Network, tiny by comparison to UNICEF and Save the Children, is a Ballarat-based community group that aims to bring residents of Indian origin…
UNICEF Australia has today launched the India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal to provide lifesaving assistance to people affected by the deadliest days of the of the pandemic so far in India. The outbreak is almost four-times the size of the first wave, with daily cases surging to more than 362,000 and the virus is spreading much…
UNICEF has sent critical lifesaving supplies, including 3,000 oxygen concentrators, diagnostic tests, medical kits, and other equipment to help India in its battle with a deadly wave of COVID-19. Dr. Yasmin Haque, UNICEF Representative in India said COVID-19 is severely overstraining the…
