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“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.
Read moreThe darkest city in Yemen
Hodeidah is my hometown. For me it is the city of angels, the city that never sleeps. But today Hodeidah is not the place we knew. The city that never sleeps is now the darkest city in Yemen. People are leaving Hodeidah every day, running for their lives, fleeing to ...
Read moreEconomic empowerment of women spurring peace in South Sudan
When Akur Anyang Thuch (33) from Panyagor started a tailoring course, her friends and close relatives thought she was out of her mind. Five years down the line, Akur looks back with pride. She now owns her own tailoring shop and teaches other women from the community how to make ...
Read more“One day, I hope to become an English teacher”
Bushra, 17, came to Lebanon five years ago with her father, mother and eight siblings, as conflict broke out in her country Syria.
Read moreAfter The Mourning
A personal reflection on Kofi Annan by Caroline Kende-Robb, Secretary General at CARE International
Read moreGoing back to school feels good!
Rafif, 14, fled to Jordan from Aleppo in 2014 with her mother and sisters at the age of 9 after an incident took place that will forever shock the family.
Read moreHaya: An Iraqi girl who got back to school
Huda*, 40, is an Iraqi refugee living in East Amman along with her two sons and two daughters.
Read more“We want to help refugees take better care of their psychological wellbeing”
Interview with Dua’a Naji (26), Community Development Officer at CARE Jordan.
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