The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and members of the Congolese diaspora are deeply alarmed at the escalation of a long-running conflict in the eastern provinces of the...
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Amid ceasefire, Australian humanitarian sector urges government to act now for Gaza; work towards permanent end to violence
The Australian Council for International Development, (ACFID) the peak body for development and humanitarian agencies, has today issued a joint statement alongside 24 humanitarian agencies, calling...
Humanitarian peak welcomes Gaza ceasefire deal, urges long-term solution
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) today welcomes the ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, offering a moment of respite after 15 months of devastating conflict and loss...
Australian development and humanitarian sector launches appeal for Vanuatu
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has launched a consolidated appeal to support urgent earthquake recovery efforts in Vanuatu. On the 17th December 2024, a 7.3 magnitude...
ACFID welcomes Australia’s support for UNRWA at the UN General Assembly, urges implementation of resolution
The Australian Council for International Development, the peak body for humanitarian agencies welcomes the Australian Government voting with more than 150 countries to demand that Israel reverses its...
ACFID calls for peace and protection for Syrian people during time of change
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) the peak body for international development and humanitarian agencies, expresses solidarity with the Syrian people in a time of change and...
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Sector welcomes new development strategy advancing disability equity
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian agencies and the Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC),...
COP29: Weak finance deal leaves developing countries worse off
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australian NGOs delivering climate programming overseas, is disappointed at the lack of a fair and ambitious New...
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ACFID and Sudanese diaspora demand greater commitments from the Australian Government as UK doubles humanitarian funding to Sudan
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australian humanitarian agencies today welcomes the leadership of the United Kingdom in doubling humanitarian...
Australian humanitarian and development agencies unite for UNRWA’s future and security; call on parliamentarians to act
Today, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) alongside 26 development, humanitarian and affiliated agencies have sent an open letter to Australian Parliamentarians seeking...
ACFID condemns Knesset bill to ban UNRWA; backbone of humanitarian response in Gaza severely threatened
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian agencies, unequivocally condemns the Israeli Knesset’s passing of a bill to ban United Nations Relief and...
ACFID Council passes resolution on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
At the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian agencies, ACFID’s Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the...
ACFID passes resolution for further child protection amidst Gaza conflict, with over 16,000 lives lost
At the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian agencies, ACFID’s Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the...
Lebanon + 1 more
Australian humanitarian peak alarmed as violence escalates in the Middle East, with thousands injured in Lebanon
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian agencies, expresses deep concern over the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East, particularly...
2.5 million could die from hunger in Sudan: Australian humanitarian agencies issue urgent call for action
After more than 500 days of conflict in Sudan, food security experts warn that up to 2.5 million people in the country may face death from hunger before the end of the year. In response, Australian...
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Seizing the Moment: A new climate finance goal that delivers for the Pacific
Executive Summary and Recommendations We are approaching the halfway point of the crucial decade for climate action and Pacific communities are enduring some of the world’s worst climate impacts,...
Remembering frontline workers who lost their lives on World Humanitarian Day
Today on World Humanitarian Day, the Australian Council for International Development, Australian Global Health Alliance, UNICEF Australia, PEN Sydney, the Jewish Council of Australia & Amnesty...
Humanitarian peak joins the diaspora in calling for an urgent response to declaration of famine in Darfur
The Australian Council for International Development and Sudanese diaspora organisations urgently call on the Australian Government to respond to the recent declaration of famine in Darfur, Sudan, by...
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Australian humanitarian peak warns of catastrophic impact if Middle East conflict intensifies
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australian humanitarian action, warns the recent escalations in violence in the Middle East risk catastrophic...
Peak body sounds alarm on plummeting Australian aid transparency
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian and development agencies, has expressed concern about Australia’s plummeting aid transparency. ACFID Chief...