Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Friday afternoon, beginning of June, in Daouk ‘gathering’, Beirut−a kind of neighbourhood which is all poverty and overcrowding, home to Palestinian and poor Lebanese families, and increasingly, to Syrian refugees. You meet Yasmin , an 11-year-old girl,…
After a recent outbreak of violence in Darfur, Sudan, thousands of people have left their homes in search of shelter and security. It is estimated that in the first three months of this year, at least 150,000 people have been newly displaced within the…
Grace Orwa walks into a corn field near the center of Kanyawara, a tiny village in hilly western Kenya, less than an hour by car from Lake Victoria
Blog by Carmen Tremblay, Senior Emergency Response Manager for CARE Canada. She travelled to Chad in April to support CARE’s emergency response to increasing humanitarian needs in the country.
“My daughter returns from far away… A true miracle,” repeats Adama Issaka without ceasing, caressing Firdaoussou, carrying and holding her very tightly. The mother and her daughter look each other in the eyes for a long time, in a moment of silence, then…
Yana [1], 26 years old, tends to her month old baby as her two year old daughter sits on the floor playing with a bib – there are no toys to entertain her.
According to data from the Maro UNHCR field office near the Chadian border, more than 5,800 people have left CAR and arrived in the Sido district of southern Chad since the beginning of March. This is in addition to the 17,000 refugees already in the…
“If we knew this would happen to us we wouldn’t have brought so many children into the world.” These are the words of Rima [1] , a Syrian refugee living in Amman.
Two weeks ago, Yawo Douvon, CARE’s country director in the Democratic Republic of Congo, found himself showing Angelina Jolie and UK foreign minister William Hague around the Lac Vert camp for displaced people near Goma, where they had come to meet rape…
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
