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can help provide crisis accommodation for a family in need.
Choose your donation method. To process a direct debit payment please call our Supporter Relations team on 1800 88 88 68 (select option 3).

Your $45 donation will be debited today, and on the 6th of each month going forward

Sienna’s* story

Sienna is nine, and suffers from a severe form of epilepsy. It means she has seizures – life-threatening ones – at all times of day and night, and needs constant care.

Sienna’s mum and dad love her and have always done everything they can to give her a good life. They never thought it would push them into homelessness. Their rental homes kept getting sold from underneath them. Every move set them back financially. And every move was distressing for Sienna. In the end, skyrocketing rents left the family with no choice but to live in their van.

We put Sienna’s mattress in the van, and we all slept in that. We had no choice"
- Julia, Sienna’s mum

Sienna is one of thousands of Australian children facing this Christmas without a safe home.

Will you please donate to help them?

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Homelessness

The shortage of affordable housing and the rising cost of living have pushed more Australians into homelessness.

Right now, more than 17,000 children under the age of 12 are experiencing homelessness1. Among them are newborn babies and children who have disabilities. They are living in cars, sheds and tents. Or moving from one type of temporary accommodation to another.

The impact of homelessness on children is unacceptable.

Mission Australia sees children with severe emotional trauma, disrupted education, and lasting health issues. Homelessness in your childhood increases the likelihood you’ll be homeless as an adult.

If you think that’s wrong, please donate to help.

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How you help

You can help families meet the immediate needs of their children. Regular nutritious meals, treatment for an urgent medical problem, a voucher for bedding or school shoes.

You can help provide emergency accommodation that’s suitable for children. Places where they’re not facing constant noise or potential danger from other residents. Places where there is space to play. Places where they are safe, and where their families have the basics needed to take care of them.

You can provide the longer term help needed to give children safe, stable homes. That might mean connecting their families with housing providers, help for parents to get work or Centrelink support, and help with the physical items needed to re-establish a home – and provide the stable environment children need.

No child should be without a safe home at Christmas - or beyond. Please give generously.

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Australia’s Homelessness Crisis

More than 17,000 children younger than 12 years are homeless in Australia.¹
There are 942 young people aged 12-18 who are couch surfing on any given night.¹
94% of homelessness in Australia is hidden out of sight.¹
3,000 Australians seek help from homelessness services every hour.²

1ABS (2021) Census of Population and Housing: Estimating Homelessness
2AIHW (2024) Specialist homelessness services annual report 2023-24

Please donate to give children like Sienna a safe home this Christmas.

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Our promise to you

Registered charity of Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission

Mission Australia has been helping people move towards independence, and our commitment to this vital work has never been stronger.

Thanks to your support, together we helped 160,520 people in 2024 by combatting homelessness, assisting disadvantaged families and children, addressing mental health issues, fighting substance dependencies, and much more.

pie graph indicating that 89% of our income went into delivering services in 2024

In 2024, 89% of our income went straight back into delivering services that assisted vulnerable Australians.

We appreciate every donation we receive and ensure that each dollar goes where it is needed most.

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*Names and images have been changed to protect the identity of the people we help.

Our founding purpose - 'Inspired by Jesus Christ, Mission Australia exists to meet human need and to spread the knowledge of the love of God'