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CARE is Marching for the Climate
The impacts of climate change – extreme weather, droughts, floods – are occurring with ever greater frequency and intensity in the many places where CARE is working around the world. Extreme weather is now affecting 10 percentof the planet, compared to less than 1 percent just a few decades ago.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Ratification Of UN Convention On Ending Womens Discrimination An Important Step
International aid organisation CARE International has welcomed the decision by South Sudan’s parliament to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Hunger Data Experts Confirm Risk Of Famine
“The areas of South Sudan at the greatest risk for developing famine are on the frontlines of the conflict, where aid agencies cannot reach people in need due to insecurity,” said Justus Liku, Senior Food Security Advisor at CARE, and former facilitator for the IPC.
Read moreMarching for the Climate
The impacts of climate change – extreme weather, droughts, floods – are occurring with ever greater frequency and intensity in the many places where CARE is working around the world. Extreme weather is now affecting 10 percentof the planet, compared to less than 1 percent just a few decades ago.
Read moreNEPAL Devastating Floods Leave People with Trauma
After heavy monsoon rains have caused devastating floods and landslides in Western Nepal last week, CARE is scaling up its emergency response for thousands of people affected.
Read moreGAZA Planning For The Future Must Start Now
GAZA/JERUSALEM, 17 August 2014: While many families are still in great need of immediate humanitarian assistance, there is no time to waste to ensure that the people of Gaza aren’t trapped in a cycle of violence and aid-dependency.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Stretched To The Limit Massive Increase In Humanitarian Funding Urgently Needed
Three months on from the Oslo Humanitarian Pledging Conference for South Sudan, aid agency CARE International is deeply concerned that aid funding remains alarmingly low for South Sudan, now the setting for one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises.
Read moreGLOBAL CARE honours its humanitarian heroes on World Humanitarian Day
Geneva, 14 August 2014. On World Humanitarian Day, CARE International honours aid workers worldwide who risk their lives supporting people affected by disasters and conflict.
Read moreBALKANS Long Road To Recovery Three Months After Balkan Floods
Three months after heavy rainfall caused devastating floods in parts of the Balkans, CARE International projects a long and arduous road to recovery.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Failure of peace agreement means more people will go hungry
The South Sudan government and the opposition have failed to reach a peace agreement by the August 10 deadline, which means an already severe man-made food crisis could reach catastrophic levels, warns humanitarian organization CARE.
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