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War and Starvation: stories of women who are struggling to feed their children
These are some of the stories that we come across in the field, and there are many other stories from different parts of Yemen. Every day the situation is getting worse and worse. People are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in order to survive. But this is not a ...
Read moreBringing life saving treatment closer to the people
It’s seven in the morning and Pariang Hospital situated in Ruweng State, South Sudan, is already bristling with activity. At this early hour, the consultation room is full with patients and guardians waiting for their turn to see the hospital’s doctor. Among them is 17-year-old Nyaror Lang, a teenage mother ...
Read moreCommunity Activators: Changing Lives
Across South-Eastern Turkey, CARE has recruited 160 Community Activators – men and women with whom we share information about the law, rights, health and best practice, and train to deliver this information to other Syrians who have also fled war in Syria to find safety in Turkey – in Islahiye, ...
Read moreEchoing women’s voices in Marawi crisis
Marawi used to be a busy and vigorous city where Maranaos (local people from Marawi) harmoniously did business with each other until a bloody siege between the Philippine military forces and the ISIS-affiliated Maute Group struck.
Read moreHeart and Sole: Yayladagi refugees showcase shoemaking skills
In a small town on Turkey’s border with Syria, 100 refugees have gone ‘full pelt’ to learn, and use shoemaking skills taught in a CARE livelihoods project. In the process, they stand to benefit not only themselves, but also their families, and the town as a whole.
Read moreCARE supporting rural women in South Sudan to boost food production
One day, when she visited her village, Agnes got word that CARE was supporting one of the women groups in the village, through a Dutch government funded joint relief programme, to be food secure by training them to establish kitchen gardens. After completing her training, Agnes and her colleagues were ...
Read moreCARE helping farmers to fight hunger through kitchen gardens
Rebecca’s family is one of the many in the village with a child suffering from malnutrition. She didn’t have enough food to feed her family. But today, Rebecca’s life has changed for the better. She is one of the farmers supported by CARE in Torit, through a Dutch Government funded ...
Read more“What we have witnessed since Friday is horrifying”
“What we have witnessed since Friday is horrifying”, says Rini Haris, a 37 year old mother of two who lives in Palu, the densely populated city in the north central part of the island Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Read more“We are having to fend for ourselves”
A former CARE Indonesia staff member tells us of the horror experienced by the people in Indonesia, just days after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a massive tsunami devastated the island of Sulawesi.
Read moreCARE’s emergency response in South Sudan tackles’ needs of the elderly
Onurina Ikikoyi cannot recall the exact date she delivered her tenth and last-born child. However, she remembers the joy she felt after giving birth to the only girl-child in the family.
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