MYANMAR One year on from Cyclon Nargis and another emergency is brewing
MYANMAR (May 04, 2009) – Last Saturday marked one-year since Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, killing over 78,000 people with another 56,000 still missing.
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MYANMAR (May 04, 2009) – Last Saturday marked one-year since Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, killing over 78,000 people with another 56,000 still missing.
ANTANANARIVO (April 22, 2009) – Madagascar is facing an evolving humanitarian crisis of proportions unprecedented in its history. The country was already facing an extremely worrisome drought in the south, to which has been added the effects of cyclones…
CARE is providing lifesaving food, emergency supplies and shelter to thousands of people who have escaped the conflict in northern Sri Lanka. Survivors are dehydrated, hungry and exhausted after being trapped for months in one of the worst conflicts in…
KABUL (April 10, 2009) – Wednesday night, international military forces killed a family of five in the Afghan province of Khost. One of the victims was a female teacher working in a CARE supported school.
CARE is mourning the loss of R. Sabesan, a humanitarian worker who was killed yesterday in the no-fire zone in the conflict-affected area of northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni.
N’DJAMENA, REPUBLIC OF CHAD (March 11, 2009) – CARE is expressing deep concern over the humanitarian situation in Darfur following the expulsion of non-governmental aid organisations from the region. A worst-case scenario could see the humanitarian…
“Every single day, people are coming up to us, saying ‘help us!’. But we don’t have the supplies people need and we don’t have the money,” said Stephen Gwynne-Vaughan, Country Director for CARE in Zimbabwe. “Water and sanitation systems need to be…
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territories (January 21, 2009) – In one of the first rapid assessments of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, a shocking 89 percent of respondents to a CARE survey indicated that they have not received any…
Almost half the population, which is struggling under the weight of runaway inflation and crippling food shortages, will be dependent on food aid by January 2009. But mass food distributions, which involve large gatherings of people, is a perfect conduit…
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