CARE's response to Tropical Cyclone Winston: Paulina's Story
The strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere swept through Fiji on Saturday 20 February, devastating the Pacific nation. Paulina Merama tells her story.
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The strongest storm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere swept through Fiji on Saturday 20 February, devastating the Pacific nation. Paulina Merama tells her story.
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On the island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, CARE has spoken with school girls about the challenges that keep them away from school. One reason may be a surprise: toilets!
Why Toilets? Sanitation is important. Clean and safe toilets have a positive effect on all of us. Good sanitation prevents children from illnesses like diarrheal diseases, keeps girls in school and reduces health care costs. Meet Faith and her son to…
Cleaning public toilets is not a pleasant task, regardless where you are. But for Janay Issack it is twice as hard. The 34-year-old mother of nine children takes care of school latrines for more than 2,100 pupils in one of the most challenging…
A cotton flower is soft, fluffy and beautiful. But a 40 kilo bag of cotton is a 40 kilo bag - and Severine and Maina, two middle-aged women, have come a long way transporting their heavy load to the buyers' market here in Muape, northern Mozambique. They…
Atália Massango knows what it means to be thirsty. The mother of four children lives in Mulepo, a small settlement in Inhambane province in southern Mozambique. Like many other mothers, she used to leave her home in the early morning on the hours-long…
“If you only had one litre of water a day, what do you do?”
If I have to call the plumber, I think about how much my toilet costs me, but I’ve never considered how much money it saves.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.