At Caritas Australia, when we talk about leaving gifts in Wills, we talk about leaving a legacy of love, as it allows your compassion to endure.
A gift in your Will to Caritas Australia can have the power to transform. It’s more than a donation – it’s a lasting act of compassion that keeps changing lives long after you are gone.
Leaving as little as 1% of your estate can change the lives of so many vulnerable people around the world. This could be a family living in a border town of Ukraine, who have been forced to flee because of military action – with the few belongings they can carry. Arriving in a new community they are lost with no money, nowhere to live, no job or school for their children.
Caritas can offer them hot food, help them find a home, and provide their children with supplies to support their schooling.
It can give a Samoan mother clean drinking water for her family, replacing make-shift rain catchers with a reliable tank ensuring continued access to clean water.
These are examples of what happens when people and communities face challenging times and when a Caritas organisation steps in. Usually the problem is big, but very often one small solution, like a school bag, a water tank or a bowl of hot food served with compassion, can help.
What sets Caritas Australia apart from others is that we are in communities long after any disaster, as part of one of the world’s largest aid and development organisations – Caritas Internationalis. This network is made up of 162 national organisations operating in over 200 countries across the world. It enables us to support communities before, during and after a crisis.
This is the reality in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, where conflict continues to devastate lives.
It is true in the Pacific where natural disasters are wiping out entire communities. In the Horn of Africa, where relentless droughts and floods have fuelled the most enduring hunger crisis of our time. And in Northeast India and Bangladesh, millions are displaced in some of the world’s largest refugee camps.
In the past year, funds raided by Caritas Australia have supported over a million people, with development programs across 23 countries and emergency responses across 24.
If you would like to consider supporting this work as part of your Will, please click the button below, or reach out to our Gifts in Wills Specialist, Suzannah Zhao, on 0438 530 908 or legacyoflove@caritas.org.au
