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While the floodwaters and heavy rains that began in December last year have largely ceased, over a million Sri Lankans now face the difficult task of recovering from the devastation caused to their property and livelihoods.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 28, 2011) – 100 days after the first confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti, CARE continues to step up the emergency response in rural areas where death rates are alarmingly high and access to prevention and treatment still difficult.

As ministers arrive in Cancún one of the most urgent issues they need to resolve is loss and damage for small island states. CARE International calls for decisive action to overcome this deadlock in the negotiations.

CANCUN, MEXICO (December 8, 2010) - In the final days of the Cancún climate negotiations, CARE calls on Parties not to bargain with the lives of poor people but to put them at the centre of their efforts to tackle climate change.

CANCUN, MEXICO (December 11, 2010) – After two weeks of difficult negotiations the Climate talks in Cancun finally delivered concrete results, according to CARE International. “We welcome the important progress made but we should be cautious because the…

The rain in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro began late on Wednesday, January 12th, and in a few hours had left over 650 dead and thousands homeless in eight counties.

CARE has provided urgently needed food and emergency supplies to 6,000 people in flood-ravaged Sri Lanka and we are rapidly scaling up our response.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 11, 2011) – When the earth shook in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a humanitarian catastrophe without precedent followed. The earthquake hit Haiti in the heart, claiming more than 220,000 lives and destroying over 188,000 buildings. And…

After the first days of the climate change conference in Cancún, CARE International fears that people least responsible but hardest hit by the impacts of climate change will be left empty handed.