Press release 12th May 2020 As funding dries up, millions in crises risk “being left to battle this pandemic alone” CARE welcomes the launch of the revised UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan’s (GHRP), including an increased target (to $6.7 billion) and emphasis on Gender Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services which are so critically… Press release Crisis Response
Press release 7th May 2020 18 aid agencies call on the governments in the region to allow refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to disembark Today, 18 humanitarian agencies are urging the countries on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to conduct search and rescue operations to save the lives of refugees and asylum seekers stranded at sea and allow them to disembark on their shores where they… Press release Crisis Response Myanmar
Press release 30th April 2020 New Study: COVID-19 condemns millions of women to poverty, when they could be a solution to prosperity A new study by CARE International “COVID could condemn women to decades of poverty: Implications of COVID-19 on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights” reveals how the global pandemic is having a real and immediate economic impact on women in the developing… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Gender Equality
Press release 24th April 2020 As Coronavirus stalls flows of remittances worldwide, millions of people risk losing their lifelines, warns CARE International Geneva, April 24, 2020. Diaspora communities around the globe are being hit hard by lockdowns, layoffs and illnesses to due to COVID-19. According to recent analysis from the World Bank, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to… Press release Economic Justice Crisis Response Togo
Press release 21st April 2020 Joint Letter to UN Security Council on Participation and Transparency The below is a joint letter addressed to the President of the Security Council, H.E. Mr. José Singer Weisinger on the participation and transparency of the UN Security Council. Press release Advocacy Crisis Response
Press release 21st April 2020 CARE International appoints Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro as new Secretary General Today, CARE International announces that Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro will join CARE International as the new Secretary General, starting 1 June 2020. Press release
Press release 17th April 2020 Somalia: One of the countries least prepared to cope with the Covid-19 virus 2.6 million IDPs amongst those at highest risk and more than 1.3 million children already missing out on education due to closure of schools. Press release Crisis Response Somalia
Press release 16th April 2020 COVID-19: 50 million people threatened by hunger in West Africa According to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could increase the number of people at risk of a food insecurity and malnutrition from 17 million to 50 million people between June and August… Press release Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Togo
Press release 11th April 2020 Joint statement by 59 Nongovernmental Organizations on the announcement of a temporary ceasefire in Yemen Over five years of brutal war in Yemen have left millions of Yemenis weakened by malnutrition and disease, and decimated Yemen’s health system. The imminent threat of COVID-19 will exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation: Press release Crisis Response Yemen
