Matt Darvas

National Director for @MicahAustralia

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

Huge news! Grateful when I think of the many individuals, churches & orgs that joined our campaign.

Thinking of the Afghan-Aussie friends we've had the privilege of doing this journey with. We know there’s more to be done.

Thank you @AlexHawkeMP

#ActionforAfghanistan #Budget22

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

Aid Budget Breakdown:
✅Increase of $191.8m over next 4-years
✅Drop-off left by last gov patched
📉Still falling in generosity as a proportion of Australia’s wealth
😔No new significant funding for the global hunger crisis
#Budget23 #HelpFightFamine #AustralianAid #auspol 1/

[ACFID @ACFID]

The Help Fight Famine campaign has renewed a call for $110m in Australian aid $ for Africa. @MsLynM of Oxfam, Lulu Mitshabu of @CaritasAust & Faysel Ahmed Selat @ahmed_selat, Somali community leader, spoke convincingly at the Parliament House launch of a new report on the crisis

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

🍽🌍 There’s a global hunger crisis no one is talking about. Micah is part of the #HelpFightFamine alliance in Canberra today to call on the Australian to help save lives

Please join our urgent call by emailing your MP here – https://t.co/lb3yLQLWOX

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

👏GOOD NEWS👏: The Government has announced $1.4 billion of additional aid to our region over the next 4-years.

We welcome this while continuing to call for further urgent aid to help fight famine in the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan, Yemen & Syria.

#HelpFightFamine #Budget2023

[ACFID @ACFID]

The Aust Govt has gone beyond its election commitments in tonight's Budget in directing a $1.4 bn boost to foreign aid

ACFID warmly welcomes the boost, which helps bring stability to the aid budget & means much-needed programs can be delivered with certainty

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

📈BUDGET💰

Tonight we expect to welcome $1.4 billion in extra aid to the Asia-Pacific👍

Meanwhile the situation in the Horn of Africa is dire😔

In Somalia, 300,000 people face starvation

We must support our region but also look beyond it

#HelpFightFamine #Budget2023 #auspol

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

ANNOUNCED: $900 million of additional aid to the #Pacific!

Thank you @SenatorWong and @PatConroy1 👏

"This investment will help create better futures for all and is a positive step towards rebuilding Australia’s aid program to more generous levels." @TimCostello

#Budget2023

[ACFID @ACFID]

ACFID welcomes the Govt's announcement that it will commit an additional $375m in aid in the Pacific

“This is a strong step towards revitalising the intl dev program that is a core component of our intl engagement & foreign policy settings" Marc Purcell

https://t.co/7qrR6LsIIW

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

Response from the sector peak @ACFID

“We really welcome these additional commitments from the government, given the significant needs in our region and beyond. Human development went backwards due to the pandemic and Australia should be providing more support,” @ACFIDCEO

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

It appears #AustralianAid will increase at the Federal Budget beyond the Government’s pre-election commitment 👇👇

https://t.co/uqaWk13wgf

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

The framing in this piece is very geopolitical, so it will be interesting to see the detail, and hoping community based poverty alleviation is well represented, along with other civil society strengthening measures.

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

@stephendziedzic Definitely on my listen list. 👌

[Archbishop of Canterbury @ArchbishopSarah]

Thank you Pastor Ray and everyone at Scarred Tree Ministries in Sydney for welcoming us with warmth, prayer, songs of praise and words of hope.

You are ambassadors of Christ and we will continue to walk alongside you in His name on the long journey towards justice and healing.

[Stevie Wills @StevieKWills]

I relish the rain
but today
I wondered
if somehow I could pray
the rain
upon the horn of Africa
#helpfightfamine https://t.co/mrdvZZuPgd

[Sarah Meredith @SarahMeredithAU]

“Famine is at the door. The world is receiving a final warning." Surely we can do more? Australia please step up to #HelpFightFamine ASAP with a $150M investment in the response: @PatConroy1 @SenatorWong
https://t.co/5AZTQ83nUU

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

I commend you to read @MattWadeSMH's feature from his trip to #Somalia and #SouthSudan with @WorldVisionAus

This is why we've been sounding the alarm through our #HelpFightFamine campaign + calling on the 🇦🇺 gov to provide $150 million in life-saving aid.

#auspol #AustralianAid

[Matt Wade @MattWadeSMH]

The hungriest place on earth https://t.co/NMTJwdJKs7

[Matt Darvas @mdarvas]

@MiskyHaji @micahaustralia Great to meet you Misky. Can’t wait to read your poetry!

[Micah Australia @micahaustralia]

Thanks @MiskyHaji - we stand with the Somali diaspora and look forward to advocating powerfully together for both emergency famine relief and long-term solutions to food insecurity in the region.

#HelpFightFamine #HungryForAction

[Graham Strong | He/Him | WVA @GrahamImpact]

@WorldVisionAus welcomes the $15 mil provided by the @AustGovernment. But given what I am seeing on the ground in the Horn of Africa a serious commitment of $150 mil is needed to stop #humanitarians from taking from the hunger to feed the starving. #fightfamine @SenatorWong