THE Australian government’s response to the escalating refugee crisis in Afghanistan has been grossly inadequate, argues the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. Thousands of Afghans are currently at risk following the Taliban’s takeover of the capital and last remaining stronghold, Kabul. Women, journalists,…
MASS child starvation is expected to rise tenfold in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden Tigray region as warfare continues to shatter emergency supply lines. In 2019, Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed claimed to distance the country from tense and longstanding ethnic nationalism by condensing regional parties…
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…
