Press release 10th February 2020 More than 14 million people facing acute hunger in one of the largest food crises in Southern Africa Severe food insecurity rates across 9 southern African countries are 140% higher now than in 2018, primarily because people are being hit by weather extremes driven by climate change, according to Oxfam, CARE, Plan International and World Vision. Press release Climate Justice Food Security and Nutrition Zimbabwe
Press release 25th September 2019 The UN’s SDGs will remain a pipe dream unless gender violence is addressed, and women are economically empowered The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will remain a pipe dream unless world leaders accelerate efforts for the economic empowerment of women and address gender-based violence, CARE International experts say. Press release Advocacy Climate Justice Economic Justice Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Gender Equality Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health
Press release 18th September 2019 Cyclone Idai 6 months on: CARE issues dire warnings as studies show 41 million face hunger in southern Africa Six months since the devastating Cyclone Idai struck three southern African countries – Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi – CARE experts are calling on the international community to urgently adopt climate smart agriculture (CSA) to contain chronic food… Press release Climate Justice Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Mozambique
Press release 6th December 2018 Almost four years of conflict has led to declaration of catastrophic food security conditions in Yemen According to the just-published Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) report, 240,000 people are living in famine-like conditions in Yemen. Over 70% of the population – 20 million people – are living in emergency or crisis levels of food insecurity, with… Press release Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Yemen
Press release 27th February 2017 We cannot allow millions to starve in South Sudan Statement responding to the famine declaration in South Sudan and around the world. Press release Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Yemen
Press release 7th July 2016 South Sudan marks Independence Day on Brink of Collapse and Starvation, warns CARE The recent formation of the transitional government in South Sudan brought the hope of peace for a country wrought with conflict since December 2013. However, as the world’s youngest country marks its fifth Independence Day on July 9, economic fallout,… Press release Food Security and Nutrition South Sudan
Press release 4th July 2016 As UN Special Envoy on El Niño and Climate Change visits Ethiopia, CARE warns how women and girls face double disaster of drought As the new UN Special Envoy on El Niño and Climate Change, Ms Mary Robinson, visits Ethiopia this week, CARE, a leading international humanitarian organization, calls on her to support the Ethiopian government further in its efforts to raise global… Press release Climate Justice Crisis Response Food Security and Nutrition Ethiopia
Press release 14th December 2015 Critical moment to avoid massive malnutrition in Ethiopia with more than 10 million people in need of food assistance 10.2 million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food assistance because of the extreme drought caused by the global weather phenomenon El Niño, according to revised figures released by the Ethiopian government Friday. Press release Food Security and Nutrition Ethiopia
Press release 15th October 2008 HORN OF AFRICA On World Food Day 17 mio people face starvation NAIROBI (October 15, 2008) – In Ethiopia, at least 6.4 million people need emergency food aid. In Somalia, nearly half the population is slowly starving, and the country is facing a food crisis unseen since the famine of the early 1990s. And in Kenya,… Press release Food Security and Nutrition Somalia
