Press Releases
35 Aid Agencies Warn Of Further Irreversible Impact, Marking 10 Years Of Syrian Conflict
Thursday, 11 March 2021 - 35 of the leading aid agencies have joined together to warn of the suffering and increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a political solution is not found. The 35 agencies have highlighted that a decade since the ...
Read moreCARE Report Reveals UN and Wealthy Nations’ Lack of Funding for Women in Emergencies
Time for a Better Bargain: How the Aid System Shortchanges Women and Girls in Crisis appraises top government donors and UN agencies on financing women’s rights and women-led organizations in countries experiencing humanitarian crises and ensuring participation in leadership
Read moreEthiopia desert locust swarms
Currently, the highest number of swarms have been reported in northern and central Ethiopia in a total number of 26 Zones, north-eastern, eastern and there are also swarms in coastal regions of Kenya in 17 counties and 9 regions of Somalia.
Read moreDisaster looms for Yemen if funding cuts continue
Vital aid funding will be the difference between life and death for 400,000 children in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis
Read moreNew CARE Report: Syrian Women Face Worrying Food Insecurity Levels, a Decade into The Conflict
Amman, 24 February 2021 – Ten years into the crisis in Syria, many women report fear of instability, recurring violence, and displacement, coupled with a constant struggle to meet their families’ basic needs. In 2020, average food prices in Syria increased by 236%, making them more than 29 times higher ...
Read moreCARE urgently appeals for the rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded in the Andaman Sea
23 February 2021, Bangkok, Thailand - CARE’s Interim Vice President for Humanitarian Policy and Practice, Deepmala Mahla, responds to reports that Rohingya refugees are adrift on a boat in the Andaman Sea.
Read moreHonduras: nearly one third of the population face severe hunger
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday 22 February 2021 - The severity of acute food insecurity in Honduras has reached unprecedented levels and the Integrated Food Security (IPC) analysis projects that the situation will worsen in the coming months leaving more than one third of the population facing severe hunger. Urgent funding and ...
Read moreCARE concerned hundreds of thousands displaced people are at risk due to Marib fighting
18 February 2021 – CARE is extremely concerned for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) whose safety is being put at risk during the current escalation of fighting in Yemen’s Marib governorate.
Read moreNew Ebola outbreak in Guinea very worrying for West Africa as suspected new case reported in Sierra Leone
On 14 February Guinea reported 7 suspected cases of Ebola in the southeast of the country, in an area close to the Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone borders creating fears that it could spread wider across the region, with early reports of a new case already in Sierra Leone.
Read moreCARE warns of looming drought in Somalia and desperate lack of funding
[10 February 2020, Mogadishu, Somalia] - Parts of Somalia are currently facing pre-drought conditions, reports of livestock dying and pastures drying up. This is also combined with predictions that up to 2.7 million people or 21 percent of the Somali population is expected to face high levels of acute food ...
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