This Lent: Protect families living in fear.
Help change lives today.
Your gift this Lent brings safety, dignity, and hope to thousands of families around the world.
Your generosity helps protect families living in fear and strengthens communities working hard to rebuild their lives.
Help those longing for safety.
Ayesha’s Story
When violence forced Ayesha and her young daughter to flee Myanmar, she believed they had escaped danger. But they were wrong. Like many single mother refugees, Ayesha faced gender-based violence. Find out how a Caritas-supported project helped protect her and her daughter.
Donate now to help keep families like Ayesha’s safe.
Your gift this Lent transforms lives.
Your compassion helps Caritas deliver life‑changing assistance across the world,
creating safety, stability, and hope where it’s needed most.
Your support helps to:
Provide emergency relief and protection.
Help families facing conflict, disaster, and displacement to access safety, essential care, and ongoing support.
Build skills and sustainable livelihoods
Empower households to grow food, develop small businesses, and break the cycle of poverty.
Strengthen the voices of women and girls
Support programmes that foster independence, restore dignity, and protect women from violence.
This Lent,
Answer the call.
This Lent, we invite you to:
Whakarongo ki te reo - Hear the voice.
Whakahokia i te karanga - Answer the call.
Together, your compassion becomes hope in action.
From Bangladesh to Timor-Leste, from the Pacific to Gaza,
families are living through hardship and uncertainty.
Your gift ensures they are not alone.