CARE Australia is asking for your help to assist them in trying to stop hunger across the globe, with children and their families suffering from West Africa to Papua New Guinea. The current food crisis in West Africa due to lack of rainfall is leaving many families in extreme poverty with nothing to fall back on.

Parents are having to sell many of their possessions, including livestock, and with food prices going through the roof, a humanitarian disaster could be just around the corner. Pest infestations have destroyed crops across the Sahel region of Africa, and now up to 10 million people are at risk. Working on long-term solutions with vulnerable communities can break the hunger cycle and help prevent

Early action will help save many lives, so why not help the people of Africa with a CAREgift? There’s loads to choose from, and each recipient receives -

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CARE Australia is an international humanitarian organisation that helps fight poverty across the globe. They specialise in helping to empower women and girls to bring lasting change to their communities.

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CARE Australia emergency teams are currently working on the front line in both Vietnam and Cambodia as both regions face their worst flooding in over decade. Reports are coming in that over 250 people have been killed in Cambodia, with at least another 100 deaths in Vietnam including many children.

It is estimated that over two million people have been affected in these two countries alone, as the unusually heavy monsoon rains cause devastation across South East Asia. Worst effected is Thailand, with more than 500 dead and water levels still rising across Bangkok.

CARE Cambodia’s Assistant Country Director, Bill Pennington, said -

Our assistance to Prey Veng is part of a wider program by CARE to support over 6,000 families who have had their homes destroyed or damaged, lost assets and had their livelihoods placed at risk due to the Mekong floods. Families have received packages containing essential food items, blankets, mosquito nets, hygiene kits and water filters supplied by CARE, with nearly 40 tonnes of rice supplied by the World Food Programme. We’ve also been working with the communities on preventative health and water sanitation and health training. Hygiene is becoming a major concern for us as the floods persist.

Flood levels are expected to stay high for at least another month in Cambodia, effecting some 1.5 million people. CARE charity officials has been working hard in Vietnam to distribute life jackets and relief to over 1,000 households in Prey Veng, where flooding has affected almost 79,000 hectares of rice paddies, with over half destroyed. Not only are people losing their homes, but also their livelihoods.

With Vietnam being the world’s second biggest rice exporter, these are troubling times not just for the people of Vietnam, but also the countries economy as a whole. If you would like to make a donation to help these poor people during their hour of need, simply click on the link below to provide a donation which will go a long way to stopping hunger and ill health from poor sanitation and hygiene conditions.

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• The knowledge that their gift is making a huge difference

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