About Us

In 1996, Global Care was established by key leaders from the Christian Outreach Centre (COC) movement. In the early days, Global Care was a network of professionals supporting international aid projects. At the time, the slogan was "making a world of difference".

The Townsville and Katherine floods in 1997 drew support from Global Care volunteers.

Inextricably linked to the COC movement, local Global Care activities began to emerge out of churches across Australia.

The bushfires in Victoria caused widespread devastation and great loss of life. 173 people lost their lives, 414 were injured, and 450, 000 hectares of land were burned. Between 2009 and 2011, Global Care volunteers helped the Kinglake community recover.

As Global Care evolved into a localised mission, the Global Care slogan changed from "Making a World of Difference" to "Mates Helping Mates".

National Others Week was launched to encourage intentional acts of kindness.

Eight Global Care volunteers ride 2200KM from Tweed Heads to the Twelve Apostles to raise money for and awareness of Global Care.

In the Northern Rivers region, local Global Care operations spent months helping their communities to clean-up after Cyclone Debbie.
In Fiji, Cyclone Winston and Cyclone Cook devastated the nation. Global Care volunteers responded by sending over shipping containers of food, tools, building and medical supplies, and educational materials. Volunteers flew to Fiji to support the affected communities and help with the rebuild.

The BBQ trailers were built as a resource for local Global Care operations to feed their community.

A road train worth of hay is donated to farmers affected by years of drought in Narrabri. An additional road train full of bottled water and food hampers is donated to support isolated communities.

Partnering with the Gold Coast Convention Centre, local churches, and other charities, we prepared and distributed 50,000 meals to people affected by COVID.

Facing the loss of a major sponsor, we created a challenge to raise funds for the future of our mission. In August, the INC chairman rode 620km across the Simpson Desert, on a fat bike, over eight days. In the end, the challenge raised over $80,000 for Global Care.

After 2 years of COVID-19 restrictions, pre-existing local Global Care operations began to open their doors again. Many new operations launched in response to the increased cost of living and mental health challenges.

At the start of 2023, we established our base at the site where the Global Care vision was birthed.

A Global Care Charity Golf Day was hosted to raise funds for our first mobile laundry unit. Thanks to our supporters' generosity, we raised over $10,000, propelling this essential project into action.