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We need your help reaching families living in poverty across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Caritas has been working alongside trusted partners who live and work within their own communities, so that your support directly reaches those who need it most- people who are struggling with hunger, lack of clean water, and the impacts of climate change.

Training for young farmers to earn an income and support their families

Help people transform their lives by learning practical skills like sewing, screen printing, and financial management.

Improved access to food clean water

Help people have access to basic human rights to survive.

Disaster and climate change preparation for vulnerable communities

Daily essentials that sustain life and restore hope during conflict, disaster, and displacement. 

Only with your support can we continue to see families across Southeast Asia and the Pacific thrive.

With your help, families can survive and rebuild. 

People need us right now and we need you. With your support we can provide vital help when disaster strikes. Your donation helps us respond swiftly to emergencies like the one in the Holy Land – and wherever else help is most needed. Together, we can act with love and restore dignity in the darkest of times. 

Inescapable hardship to running a business

Aselika, Tutu Rural Training Centre, Taveuni Island in Fiji

Growing up in Fiji without the chance to finish her education, she feared she would never escape hardship. “I had to help my handicapped mother…I was always at home. It was very hard. I wanted to do something for myself and for my son.” she says. 

At the Tutu Rural Training Centre, she learnt practical skills like sewing, screen printing, and financial management. Today, Aselika runs a small business selling beautiful batik fabrics and crafts across Fiji and beyond.

What started as survival has become a livelihood that supports her family and strengthens her whole community.

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Beekeeping and honey making; a future for her children

For years Nelly worried about how to pay her children’s school fees. But today, the pride in her voice is unmistakable.

“This project is the answer I’ve been looking for to pay my children’s school fees. The training was very practical and empowering.” She says.

Nelly is one of many women in the Solomon Islands who has embraced beekeeping through Caritas’ livelihood and agriculture programme. For years, her family survived on irregular income and struggled to cover basic needs.

Today, she sees honey as more than food. It is hope for her children’s future.

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Nelly, local Rural Training Centre in the Solomon Islands

Right now, for every single dollar you give, the NZ government will contribute three more. Your gift is multiplied by four, reaching even more young people like Nelly and Aselika who are praying for a chance.