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NIGER No words to describe the tragedy happening here
“We are in a situation of famine. No words exist to describe the tragedy happening in the houses you see here,” says 46-year-old dad of eight Alhou Abdou.
Read moreNIGER Crisis in Mani Ada
“My two small fields produce 80 bales of millet on average each year. This year, I only harvested one bale,” said Aichatou Saidou, seated on a mat, her gaze fixed somewhere in the dusty sky of Mani Ada, a village in the commune of Bagaroua, in the region of Tahoua.
Read moreNIGER Survival in Guilley the power of women
Guilley, a village deep in Niger, reflects the impact of the food crisis that 6,130 villages are living through in Niger. But Guilley also reflects the resilience and the resourcefulness of women in coping through crises in the Sahel.
Read moreMALI A day in the life of Hawa
It’s four o’clock in the morning and Hawa Hamadou Dibo has just woken up in the little house she shares with her husband and their two children. The house, which only has two rooms, is on the outskirts of the village Ouo Saré in Mali. It’s still dark outside when ...
Read moreKENYA Saving Lake Naivasha Hellens story
Lake Naivasha is a beautiful lake in the Rift Valley of Kenya. Unfortunately, for many years Naivasha has been shrinking, and its waters have become more polluted.
Read moreHAITI CARE Womens centres A space to speak freely
They were sitting on wooden chairs beneath two large mango trees next to a little banana plantation: a group of 35 women and 10 men
Read moreMALAWI Margarets saving grace
Throughout the small region of Chakhaza in Malawi there are generations of women who were never able to finish primary school. They live in some of the poorest communities in the country, and sadly, in the past have lacked opportunities to help their families escape the cycle of poverty
Read moreDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Step by step we expel poverty
Salufa, Marianne and Sifa live in a country where as women they have little chance to develop themselves. They have all seized the opportunity to try to do that. All three women are part of a savings and loan group in the vast, often inaccessible rural areas around Mongomba
Read moreHAITI Blogs and stories about the Haiti earthquake
CARE International has launched an emergency operation to provide assistance to the people of Haiti, hit by a dramatic earthquake on Tuesday, January 12th. According to the latest estimates, more than 3.7 million people are in need of assistance. The Haitian government (as of 10 February) reports that 212,000 people ...
Read moreNEPAL Tears of Joy
Yasodha Ojha, an auxiliary nurse mid-wife (ANM), works in Mauwanagardaha health post in Doti district since past several years. She is known in the area for being kind and helpful. In this course that she met a fifth time pregnant,
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