
Amid the horror in Gaza and Lebanon, there are countless aid organisations, charities and volunteers that are doing incredible work.
Here are a few to consider donating to if you have the means.
UNICEF Australia.
From emergency relief to long-term development solutions and advocacy, UNICEF Australia provides children and young people with the foundations they need to thrive.
According to UNICEF, over 1.9 million people have become internally displaced in Palestine, around half of them being children.
UNICEF says $90 provides 18,000 water purification tablets, each able to create up to five litres of clean drinking water. $160 helps provide 304 sachets of lifesaving therapeutic food. $311 helps deliver a school-in-a-box with enough education supplies to keep 40 students learning. So every dollar counts.
You can donate here.
Plan International.
Plan International is another organisation all about making the world a better place for children and girls.
When it comes to responding to world conflicts specifically, they aim to build communities' resilience and support children's right to dignity and protection. As Plan International notes, the horror and trauma children are facing in Gaza and Lebanon right now is indescribable and unconscionable.
As a humanitarian organisation, they deliver life-saving supplies to families and children.
You can donate here.
The World Central Kitchen.
In 2010, Chef José Andrés went to help in aid efforts amid Haiti's earthquake. There he used his culinary knowledge and talent to cook to help feed displaced families in camps, and he was guided about how the locals liked to eat. With this newfound understanding of local dishes, he could then provide for them in the most caring way possible. He used that ethos and founded World Central Kitchen (WCF) with his wife.
WCF is first to the frontlines, providing fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises.