Press Releases
SUDAN Statement from CARE regarding operations in Sudan
CARE acknowledges receipt of a letter from the government of Sudan today cancelling our registration to operate in the country. We are assessing what this means for the 1.5 million people who now receive food, water, sanitation, livelihood, and health assistance from CARE. CARE is among a number of organizations ...
Read moreZIMBABWE Deadly cholera epidemic threatens to become an annual crisis
“Every single day, people are coming up to us, saying ‘help us!’. But we don’t have the supplies people need and we don’t have the money,” said Stephen Gwynne-Vaughan, Country Director for CARE in Zimbabwe. “Water and sanitation systems need to be repaired now, or this will become an annual ...
Read moreDRC Peace deal a sign of hope but peace remains fragile
Peace Deal between Government and Rebel Group is a Sign of Hope but Peace Remains Fragile while Civilians Continue to Suffer
Read moreCARE assessment of humanitarian assistance
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territories (January 21, 2009) – In one of the first rapid assessments of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, a shocking 89 percent of respondents to a CARE survey indicated that they have not received any humanitarian assistance since the conflict started Dec. 27.
Read moreZIMBABWE CARE takes emergency steps to prevent the spread of cholera during food distributions
Almost half the population, which is struggling under the weight of runaway inflation and crippling food shortages, will be dependent on food aid by January 2009. But mass food distributions, which involve large gatherings of people, is a perfect conduit for the spread of cholera if appropriate prevention measures aren’t ...
Read moreUGANDA CARE distributes emergency supplies to DRC refugees
Congolese refugees flooding into transit camps in neighbouring Uganda desperately need food and emergency supplies, says CARE emergency staff in Matanda transit camp. CARE has already distributed 2,000 tarps in the camp, after more than 11,000 people arrived here in the past week, fleeing the violence in the North Kivu ...
Read moreWorld Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women More dangerous to be a woman than a soldier
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).
Read moreDRC 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.
Read moreSOUTH AFRICA CAREs first Global Conference on Poverty opens in Johannesburg
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.
Read moreDRC Tens of thousands more women and girls at risk of rape and attack
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.
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