Impact stories

This year Bangladesh has experienced its coldest winter in the last forty-five years, with temperatures dropping to two degree Celsius in some areas in the North. The cold wave began sweeping across the country around the middle of December and based on…

Three years ago, a massive earthquake destroyed Mireille Henry’s home in Miton, Haiti, killing her mother and trapping her daughter under the rubble for five hours.

Hands clap and fingers snap as a group of women and men watch CARE staff Rose Vive Lobo’s lips and respond to her questions. “What does sexual violence mean? Do you know different forms of such violence? What are women’s and men’s rights and obligations…

Cyclone Bopha has affected more than six million people. What are their greatest needs at the moment?

Tropical cyclone Bopha made landfall in the Philippines on December 4, sweeping across the southern islands and affected 26 of the Philippines’ 80 provinces. Winds of up to 210 kilometres per hour have triggered flash floods, landslides, and widespread…

“I am 57 years old and from Kibati, in Masisi. I came to Goma two weeks ago because I needed help. I was born in Masisi and am a farmer there. My husband is also a farmer and we cultivate things like beans and maize and ground nuts. I have had 14…

Having come to Amman as an illegal refugee in May 2012, Ayatollah was offered a job at a supermarket.

Mr Tsitso Mohalake is 62 years old and lives in a remote farming village in north-eastern Lesotho. He and his wife care for their two children (one who is in school and one who is looking for work) as well as their three grandchildren whose young parents…

Marie, 75 years old, does not feel well. For the first time in her long life she is affected by cholera, but she knows the signs of the disease very well. Last week she was taking care of her 8 year old grandson Zechariah, helping him to survive the…