Drought Angels: A charity ‘supporting our farmers’ after natural disasters

Drought Angels Founder Natasha Johnston says her charity was started to support Australian farmers with financial assistance and emotional wellbeing support through natural disasters. The charity was established in 2014 to respond to the needs of primary producers who were impacted by drought in Queensland. They have since expanded to provide financial assistance, food hampers, care packs and emotional wellbeing support to over 4,700 farmers in 1,300 communities across Australia. “We originally started in 2014, supporting our farmers throughout drought, and over those 10 years we’ve expanded into all natural disasters,” Ms Johnston told Sky News Australia. “We support our farmers Australia-wide through fires, floods, droughts, mice plagues, pandemics, cyclones, you name it. “We support our farmers with a lot of financial assistance and emotional wellbeing support as well.”