By Mitchell Jones | 9 month Report
Thank you again for your generous donations to Australia Red Cross. Attached are our 6 month and 9 month reports which highlight our progress to date in disbursing donations, some inspiring stories of recovery and challenges faced to date.
As of 29 October 2020, Australian Red Cross has spent or disbursed $178 million.
Since July, 722 people applied for a bushfire grant from Red Cross for the first time. Some of these people had been living off the grid in remote locations, without a fixed address and with little access to the internet. Others felt there were people 'more deserving' of the money than they were. Others said they didn't yet feel ready to start rebuilding, so held off applying for funds.
These stories remind us that recovery journies are a marathon, not a sprint. Red Cross has made minimum three-year commitments to affected communities and will be there every step of the way walking alongside communities as they navigate these next steps in their lives.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
