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IRAQ Giving Up Is Not An Option
Before I boarded the plane to Erbil in Northern Iraq, I took out the garbage: Compost, plastics, paper – it’s a familiar procedure. A few days later, I was standing in Camp Berseve which had been dominated by ever growing waste piles during my last visit.
Read moreYEMEN Sleepless Nights
Driving through the streets of Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, my heart is heavy and burdened. It was my first time returning to Yemen since the airstrikes began in March, and it is not the same country. It is now a war zone. Before I could even leave the airport, a ...
Read moreMALAWI A Safer Home At Last
In January this year, 77 year old Mwaona Bote, from Makhapa village in TA Mlolo in Nsanje narrowly survived one of the worst floods in Malawi in living memory
Read moreJORDAN Need is the Mother of All Invention
Aeed Aloosh, 50, sits in the relative cool of his shelter, protected from the sweltering desert temperatures outside. Using found materials, he and his sons have improved the insulation in their shelters, adding a layer to better protect them from the heat and cold, blocked spaces where winter rains were ...
Read moreIRAQ Why Did I Survive
A year ago, images of suffering kept the world in suspense. They showed people, especially Yazidis, Christians and other minority groups who were fleeing from their homes in the Sinjar area near Mosul, in Iraq. Tens of thousands walked through dust, sand and heat, carrying children, the elderly and the ...
Read moreGLOBAL A Mixed Bag
I’ve been privileged to join the final World Humanitarian Summit Regional Consultation in South and Central Asia this week in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and all in all it has been a mixed bag.
Read moreCAMEROON Faces of Displacement
Life for many of the communities in the far north of Cameroon is one of constant fear and uncertainty. Thousands have been forced to flee for their lives after violent attacks by armed groups from neighbouring Nigeria, and an estimated 130,000 people have been displaced within the country
Read moreGLOBAL What Is In The Text
Martha Rojas-Urrego, CARE International Head of Global Advocacy, follows the latest negotiations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda in New York. Here she explains CARE’s position on the latest draft of what will be adopted by the global community in September.
Read moreLEBANON She Is 13 But We Had To Marry Her
It has been months, but the image I have of her remains unchanged. Her shy, embarrassed manner haunts my memory. She was pale, her face almost ashen, sitting in the corner of a room
Read moreCAMBODIA Providing a Trusted Place to Save Helps Women Prepare for Emergencies
When Chan’s son suddenly became ill, she knew she needed to take him to the hospital. But the hospital was far away and she did not know how much she would have to pay to get her son the medical care he needed. Fortunately, she was member of a community ...
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