Impact stories

Leen, a young woman originally from Palestine, is considered a refugee twice. Her grandparents were displaced from Palestine to Syria and now Leen, is a Palestinian-Syrian refugee in Türkiye.

In Honduras, the impacts of COVID-19 and the Eta and Iota storms had disproportionate consequences on families, especially those headed by women. CARE, USAID and Cargill are helping to build women leaders in decision-making on the way to inclusive…

Access to maternal care and skilled birth attendants is believed to be of utmost importance in reducing maternal mortality — yet almost half of all births in Bangladesh still take place at home without the help of skilled birth attendants.

The humanitarian situation in Yemen has led to considerable suffering across the country, with an estimated 21.6 million people requiring humanitarian assistance and protection services. Displaced people in Abyan reminisce about their journey in search…

Since 2015, when the Sustainable Development Goals first launched, 180 million people have made progress toward those goals with support from CARE and our partners. That’s an incredible impact which spans both humanitarian response and long-term change.

Working on the emergency response to the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria, CARE's Hazal Guvercinci shared the persistent difficulties faced by women and girls and warned for looming health risks in the affected communities.

Dr. Dima Um Nour is a gynecologist who has been serving pregnant women for over three years in Al-Amal Pediatrics and Maternity Hospital in A’zaz, Syria. Here's what she has been witnessing since the recent devastating earthquakes hit the region.

Assistant Country Director at CARE Türkiye, Thomas Bamforth reflects on how the catastrophic effects of the February earthquakes can spark necessary change in humanitarian aid to regions long affected by compounding crises.

A mortar and pestle. A ring. A notebook. A colored pencil. A baseball. Coffee cups. Clothes their daughter would have worn, had she lived. These are just a few of the things Ammar, Qasem, Amira, Shams, and Mohammed rescued from the rubble in the days…