Food for Thought
Few in Southern Africa will die of starvation but the long term effects of prolonged food insecurity are profound.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Join the club: schoolchildren carrying health messages in drought stricken rural Zimbabwe
At the Murerekwa Primary School, health is a noisy affair.
CARE’s response to Tropical Cyclone Winston: Alumita's Story
The strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere swept through Fiji on Saturday 20 February, devastating the Pacific nation. Alumita Marisia tells her story.
7 Things You Need To Know About El Niño … and why you should care
You don’t know what El Niño is? You are not the only one! Don’t stop reading because you are put off by a term you don’t know. You are not the only one, we hear this question all the time.
How gender equality prevented total destruction during Hurricane Pam
“We learned this through the simulation exercise that CARE did. It really saved lives, I know it.”
Fourteen years to ‘zero hunger’
World Food Day has been marked every year on 16 October since 1979, and is observed by more than 150 countries. One can’t help but reflect on the social inequity that for millions of people, food is – at best –- bare sustenance to make it to tomorrow. …
No spinning wheels here – Alida is bent on doing her bit for the climate
Take a virtual cycling tour with Alida whose journey is a personal fundraiser for CARE Australia and the Climate Council. Eight countries cycled, one more to go! After Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and…
The drought is a catastrophe for women and girls
Mozambique has been hit by its worst drought in the past 35 years. Two million people in the central and southern parts of the country are in need of assistance to see them through the next months.
Volunteering during times of drought
Joaquina and Relia have been neighbors in a little village close to Funhalouro in the Southeast of Mozambique for many years. The two friends spend hours to fetch water every day. Their village has no running water, no electricity and the nearest…