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NEPAL Planting Seeds of Hope for the Future
CARE’s Binisha Ranjitkar recently visited Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal – one of the worst affected by the recent earthquake. Here she met Sup Yonjan who talked about the recent seed distributions by CARE and how they are helping him regain his livelihood and rebuild his life.
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN Celebration or Sadness
On July 9 2011, South Sudan became the world’s newest country. After decades of war, the break from Sudan was celebrated across the country. From tiny villages to the new capital Juba, expectations were high.
Read moreGLOBAL Ending the Injustice of Hunger in the Era of Global Climate Disruption
We are already living in a world of over 7 billion people that is now 0.8° Celsius warmer, where one billion people live in poverty where a shocking 795 million people suffer from chronic hunger and 161 million children are malnourished and stunted
Read moreNIGER Starting Over in Sayam
My name is Balkissa, I am 30 years old and the mother of four children. My husband’s name is Amadou, and together with our children we fled our home town of Damassak, Nigeria, when it was attacked by armed groups.
Read moreGLOBAL Giving Teeth to a Vision of the Sustainable Development Goals
A woman squats on the cement floor, biting her lip hard. She has travelled for two days, by foot to get here, after being turned away from another health center that had no beds left.
Read moreNIGER A Patient Community
'Number seven' stands up from the patterned straw mat, rubs away the folds in her pink dress and approaches the five women that have been elected to run the savings box. She puts this week’s savings amount in a blue plastic bowl before the notes are moved over to the ...
Read moreTURKEY CARE Information Volunteers Help Tackle Child Marriage
Motaz [name changed*] sits in a circle of Syrian refugees leading a conversation about issues facing the refugees who have fled to Turkey from nearby Kobane in northern Syria. The group are all part of CARE’s new Information Volunteer programme which provides psychosocial support to Syrian refugees on a range ...
Read moreSOUTH SUDAN The Grass Under Fighting Elephants
“The leaders of our country can learn a lot from us. Bring them here – we can teach them how to make peace,” a tribal leader told me.
Read moreSYRIA Searching For Normal
Refugee: A person who is outside their home country because they have suffered or feared persecution; or because they are fleeing war. Sadly, as we recognize
Read moreNEPAL The Loss Of So Much More Than Just A Home
Earthquakes, perhaps more than any other type of disaster, are a shelter disaster. In Nepal this is more the case than any disaster I’ve known – but the effects of the earthquake are far from simple, and the knock-on effects go beyond people just lacking a roof over their heads.
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