Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Across South-Eastern Turkey, CARE has recruited 160 Community Activators – men and women with whom we share information about the law, rights, health and best practice, and train to deliver this information to other Syrians who have also fled war in…
In a small town on Turkey’s border with Syria, 100 refugees have gone ‘full pelt’ to learn, and use shoemaking skills taught in a CARE livelihoods project. In the process, they stand to benefit not only themselves, but also their families, and the town…
When the conflict in Syria started, Maysa found herself alone with her three sons and displaced from her home into a camp inside Syria. With living conditions deteriorating, she decided to cross the border into Turkey. Maysa, who tried to find a job in…
More than 1,000 children and parents from Syria and Turkey came together recently to interact and play at the first Kilis Children’s Festival, organised by CARE and the Kilis municipality at the Southern Turkish town’s football stadium.
In Nizip, Turkey, Syrian refugees are gathered in CARE's Information Protection Space. They are participating in awareness raising sessions take place every week with ‘community activators’. These are men and women chosen from their communities to learn…
Abu Ahmad and his family fled Syria seven years ago when the war began, they now live in Turkey. They struggle to make ends meet and cannot afford to move to a better house, so CARE has rehabilitated their home to improve their living conditions. Abu…
Motaz [name changed*] sits in a circle of Syrian refugees leading a conversation about issues facing the refugees who have fled to Turkey from nearby Kobane in northern Syria. The group are all part of CARE’s new Information Volunteer programme which…
The tension on the streets of the southern Turkish border town of Suruç, is evident by the number of tanks rolling heavily through the town. Just off a central street my colleagues are making the final preparations for the distribution of blankets in the…
On September 16th, the northern Syrian town of Kobane, - a town predominantly populated with Kurdish people, on the Turkey border came under siege. Since then, reports state that more than 150,000 refugees have flooded into Turkey. CARE International UK…
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
