SOUTH SUDAN The worst living conditions I have ever seen
“As I arrived in Bentiu in South Sudan and got out of the vehicle I was greeted by my CARE colleagues and a pair of Wellington boots. My trainers were going to be of no use here.
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“As I arrived in Bentiu in South Sudan and got out of the vehicle I was greeted by my CARE colleagues and a pair of Wellington boots. My trainers were going to be of no use here.
At least 110 people have died in heavy monsoon rains in southeast and northeast Bangladesh, including four participants of CARE’s SHOUHARDO program. The majority of victims were children, who were killed mainly in landslides, or trapped under collapsed…
As the security and humanitarian situation in Syria worsens, hundreds of people are fleeing across the border to neighboring Jordan and registering with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on a daily basis.
Due to the intensified fighting witnessed since April between the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and various armed groups
Due to continuing conflict between Sudan and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army - North as well as an intensifying food crisis, the number of people seeking refuge in South Sudan is increasing. “In the Yida refugee camp of Unity State, located…
The food crisis currently affecting the Sahel is a result of several causes including drought, high food prices, and regional instability. Certain factors might have a bigger influence than
“If we have nothing to eat, after a while we will die.” The words of Hasta Abdelkarim, 46, are remarkably strong. A visitor asks her if she is afraid of dying. “Yes. After that, it’s over – there is nothing,” she sentences.
Welcoming groups of people into your community isn’t always easy – they need to find a place to live and food to eat and this can put pressure on villagers who already struggle to support themselves. Despite these obvious difficulties, communities all…
For Matipaka, the last 16 years have been a struggle. For 14 of those years she had to care for her children while her husband, an army battalion commander
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.