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Peru fights back COVID-19 but deaths and contagious remain at highest levels in the region
Peru is the Latin American country with the hightest rate of deaths per million people[i]. Since the begining of the pandemic more than 1.800 million got infected and more than 64 thousend people had died because of COVID 19 according to Health Minister data[ii]. The health system colapsed during wave ...
Read moreCounting the costs: Cyclone Amphan one year on
On May 20, 2020, devastating Cyclone Amphan made landfall on Jammu island near West Bengal, Bangladesh, with wind speeds of approximately 140 km/hour.
Read moreCARE statement regarding the continued bombing of civilians in Palestine-Israel
The continued bombing of civilians in Gaza and attacks on civilians in the West Bank, in East Jerusalem and inside Israel is unacceptable.
Read moreCARE International: Palestine-Israel Call for Urgent Action
14 May 2021 - CARE International strongly condemns and stands against the egregious violations of human rights and dignity of people in Palestine and Israel and urges the parties to the conflict to immediately stop all violence.
Read moreOpen letter to the UN Secretary-General re 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict
Open letter to the UN Secretary-General re 2021 annual report on children and armed conflict
Read moreCARE comment on the Colombia crisis
CARE call out to ensure human rights during the peaceful protests and the life defense over all circumstances.
Read moreCivil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (2021)
Over the past year, anniversaries of the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and new outbreaks of violence elsewhere, have served as grim reminders of the international community’s lack of meaningful progress to uphold their commitments to protect civilians in armed conflict.
Read moreNepal facing unprecedented second COVID wave - CARE supports vulnerable communities
Thousands of migrant workers returned from India before the border closed in late April. Limited quarantine facilities in Nepal, coupled with a shortage of hospital beds and oxygen, will undoubtedly lead to a further deterioration of the situation in the country, where the Indian COVID strain has been detected.
Read moreCentral America on the edge of a new cyclone season without resolving the impacts of Eta and Iota
[Bogotá, Colombia, 29 April 2021] Guatemala and Honduras live day by day the severe consequences that the passage of tropical storms Eta and Iota daily.
Read moreCARE Calls For Urgent Support To Save Thousands In Somalia
Mogadishu 25 April: CARE is calling for urgent humanitarian support to save thousands of lives in the country.
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