SYRIA Below The Minimum
A roof over one’s head – consistently, this is among the top concerns of urban refugees who have fled Syria – a place to live and money to pay rent.
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A roof over one’s head – consistently, this is among the top concerns of urban refugees who have fled Syria – a place to live and money to pay rent.
Walking into the CARE supported clinic in Pariang, I see a little girl with edema – her belly is swollen because she hasn’t got enough to eat.
Sameer hastens up steep slopes, and moves down small winding trails through deep river valleys. His flip-flops make a clacking sound, as he paces through his village in the mountains of Gorkha
Despite the ailments that accompany old age and war, Aisha Barbar, 75, remains a feisty woman. Widowed more than twenty years ago, she raised 14 children on her own. “My husband died, leaving me alone with the children when I was young.” Reflecting for…
After one month, CARE and the other humanitarian actors working on the earthquake response have managed to do a lot, despite the huge logistical challenges. We have reached over 23,000 people with initial life-saving aid across four of the worst affected…
On a cold and wet spring day in a rural community in north Lebanon, near Tripoli, a woman in sandals greets her visitors and immediately apologizes for the smell. Her family has found refuge in a shelter on a chicken farm. They are staying in what was…
Two years ago Hayat*’s life was turned upside down when her husband disappeared, taken by authorities. She has not heard from him since. At the time, they were living with their four daughters in his family’s village near Kobane, Syria.
The global food system has failed. Almost two billion people are malnourished. In 2014, 161 million children's growth was stunted because they did not get proper nutrition. At the same time, enormous amounts of food are lost post-harvest, or go to waste…
Chiranjibi Nepal, who is leading CARE Nepal’s programs on sexual and reproductive health, writes about the challenges of providing health care to pregnant and lactating women after the earthquake
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.