Impact stories

“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.

CARE Lesotho is currently distributing cash vouchers to 210 households affected by the current food crisis in Linakaneng and Moeketsane villages of Mokhotling district, North Eastern Lesotho

Rose Vive Lobo, 42 years, is married with seven children. Since 2010, she has been working as a project manager for socio-economic reintegration with CARE DRC, in Goma

It’s like the whole of North Kivu (DRC) is in motion, on the road, fleeing fighting, arriving to or leaving camps. There is fighting, fleeing. And raping.

38-year-old Joel used to be a primary school teacher. He comes across well spoken and thoughtful. You can imagine him being good with his students.

Ask women in rural Africa when they were born, and they would invariably answer you surprised, full of uncertainty: “I think it was in 1981 or 1982”.

The women of Kitchanga keep arriving to the camps on the outskirts of Goma, DRC. They have had to flee their homes as their town of Kitchanga was caught up in violence and fighting between armed groups earlier in March.

“Are you Syrian? Will you marry me?” These are just some of the questions that 34 year old Mufeeda has been hearing since her husband went missing in Syria.

“When I was married, I thought my husband had to do everything. Now, I don’t think anymore that I can’t live without him. I feel good. I don’t feel threatened anymore.” Clemantine Namulao, from Kyeshero, North Kivu, DRC