DRC GOMA 20 per cent of displaced families may be headed by single mothers
The ongoing conflict in North Kivu is tearing families apart and leaving an increasing number of mothers to care for their children alone.
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The ongoing conflict in North Kivu is tearing families apart and leaving an increasing number of mothers to care for their children alone.
November 24, 2008 – On the eve of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, CARE staff report it is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG (November 9, 2008) – The launch of CARE’s Global Conference on Poverty comes at a time of increased suffering around the world, but also a time of hope – and of change.
Sexual violence in the DR Congo has reached “epidemic proportions”, and the new wave of heavy fighting is putting tens of thousands more women and young girls at risk, says CARE.
More than 250,000 persons have been affected by the escalation of violence in the North Kivu region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
While a fragile ceasefire holds, CARE is distributing emergency supplies and providing cholera treatment for some of the thousands of people who are still taking refuge in Goma city.
MYANMAR (November 2, 2008) – Today marks six months since Cyclone Nargis tore through southern Myanmar, leaving over 130,000 people dead or missing and affecting 2.4 million more.
The rule of law has all but collapsed and hundreds of thousands of lives will be at risk in the Democratic Republic of Congo without immediate help from the international community, the humanitarian agency CARE warned.
CARE’s emergency team is on the ground in the devastated region of Baluchistan province, near the border of Afghanistan, where a 6.4 magnitude earthquake destroyed houses and killed a reported 500-600 people.
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