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You probably won’t believe it
A child might be sleeping in a car in your local carpark. Another family returns to a tent each night, with no door to lock. In public bathrooms, some wash clothes in the sink. It's heartbreaking.
In the next hour, 3,000 Australians will seek help from homelessness services like Mission Australia². For children, homelessness often follows family hardship — job loss, illness, breakdown, or rising rents. These pressures can leave kids without the safe, stable home they deserve.
Your help starts with as little as one dollar. It ends when every child in Australia has a safe home.
How you help
It starts with safety. Children feel especially vulnerable when their family doesn’t have a secure place to call home. Your donation helps Mission Australia reach families in crisis and support them into clean, safe accommodation where children feel settled and cared for.
You can help provide food, school supplies, health care and community support for children who’ve experienced homelessness. Your gift brings stability, comfort and dignity to families who deserve a safe place to call home.
Please give generously. No child should grow up without a safe home.
Why your help matters: The stats behind the crisis
28,948
children are homeless in Australia¹
12%
The number of homeless children has risen by 12% in the last 5 years¹
94%
of the total homeless population are experiencing hidden homelessness¹
3,000
Australians seek help from homelessness services every hour²
²AIHW (2024) Specialist homelessness services annual report 2023-24
Your help starts with one dollar. It ends when every child in Australia has a safe home.
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85.9% of income goes back into services
In the Financial Year 2024-25, 85.9% of our income went directly into delivering community services and housing.