Press Releases
GAZA Colossal Strain On Medical Services In Gaza As Hospitals Struggle To Cope With Casualties
25 July 2014 - Aid workers from the humanitarian aid agency CARE International are warning of the colossal strain on medical services and hospitals in Gaza as the violence shows no signs of stopping. Hospitals are being used as places of refuge with people sleeping on the floors and corridors. ...
Read moreChild Summit Ending Early Child Marriage
One third of the world’s girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15. If present trends continue, 142 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday over the next decade. That’s an average of 14.2 million girls each ...
Read moreSOMALIA Three Years Since Somalia Famine Aid Agencies Fear High Risk Of Relapse
It took 16 warnings for the international community to respond to the last catastrophe; lessons must be learnt from past to avert another crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Read moreGAZA CARE Mobile Health Teams To Provide Care For Pregnant Women And Vulnerable Families In Gaza
GAZA CARE Mobile Health Teams To Provide Care For Pregnant Women And Vulnerable Families In Gaza
Read moreGAZA 34 Organizations Call For A Ceasefire And Sustained Solution Towards Peace
11 July 2014 - Military actions by all parties must stop. Since 2009, history has shown that military operations have failed to bring peace and security for people in Gaza and in Israel.
Read moreGaza Escalating Violence
11 July 2014 - Over the past week, Gaza and southern Israel have seen a severe escalation of violence. On the night of July 7th, the Israeli army launched a military operation in the Gaza strip while rockets continued to be fired at southern Israel from Palestinian territory.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Aid Effort to Avert South Sudan Famine in Jeopardy
A group of seven major international aid agencies said they face a shortfall of £52 million ($89m) just when the South Sudan humanitarian crisis edges closer to the risk of famine. Speaking out on the 3rd anniversary of the country’s independence they warned their aid efforts to help hundreds of ...
Read moreEU Summit in Brussels EU Leaders Need to Ramp up Action to Tackle Climate Change
Ahead of the EU summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday, CARE International urges European leaders to respond to the latest scientific and economic findings and take more ambitious decisions to tackle climate change as part of the EU’s new climate and energy package.
Read moreJORDAN 3 Million Registered Refugees a Wake Up Call
The registration of the three millionth Syrian refugee must be a wake-up call for the international community, says the aid organisation CARE International.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN CARE Warns about Rising Malnutrition Rates
CARE International, one of the leading aid agencies in South Sudan, is gravely concerned about the sharp increase of malnutrition, diseases and mortality rates of children affected by conflict. Severe acute malnutrition rates among children under five years has doubled since January 2014.
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