Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
When I was still living in Syria, I knew that my future would be in the humanitarian relief sector. At that time, I wasn’t forced to leave Syria, but I left my country with the motive of becoming an aid worker to help my people.
Refugee: A person who is outside their home country because they have suffered or feared persecution; or because they are fleeing war. Sadly, as we recognize
A roof over one’s head – consistently, this is among the top concerns of urban refugees who have fled Syria – a place to live and money to pay rent.
Despite the ailments that accompany old age and war, Aisha Barbar, 75, remains a feisty woman. Widowed more than twenty years ago, she raised 14 children on her own. “My husband died, leaving me alone with the children when I was young.” Reflecting for…
On a cold and wet spring day in a rural community in north Lebanon, near Tripoli, a woman in sandals greets her visitors and immediately apologizes for the smell. Her family has found refuge in a shelter on a chicken farm. They are staying in what was…
Two years ago Hayat*’s life was turned upside down when her husband disappeared, taken by authorities. She has not heard from him since. At the time, they were living with their four daughters in his family’s village near Kobane, Syria.
In April 2011, approximately one month after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, Fayez, his wife, and their six children had to flee their village in Homs. They remained displaced, moving from place to place across the country, for more than three…
Even though we have each been in Azraq camp for an entire year, we only met three weeks ago when I welcomed new volunteers at one of our community centers in the camp. It is not surprising that our paths haven’t crossed until now, since some 18,000 souls…
About a year ago, I planned to pay a smuggler to get on a boat to Europe. A lot of people in Europe think that us refugees don’t know that we can die at sea, that we have not seen the horrific pictures of refugees’ dead bodies, that we don’t know that…
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
