Archive for May 2016
Ethiopia: More than 400,000 Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Mothers at Risk, Warns CARE
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) – As the effects of the El Niño drought in Ethiopia continues, CARE warns that of the 10.2 million people affected, an estimated 404,000[1] pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are at particular risk of malnutrition and complications during pregnancy due to the devastating food shortages. It is expected that 27,000 women will…
Read MoreGreece: Clearing Idomeni camp doesn’t end refugees’ waiting limbo
(Geneva/Athens) CARE International and its partner organization SolidarityNow ask EU member states to urgently act on their own commitments to relocate refugees from Greece to other countries in the European Union. “The EU needs to act decisively and establish an effective process to quickly relocate 46,000 people. This is the only long-term solution to alleviate…
Read MoreCARE at World Humanitarian Summit: Disappointing End to a Positive Summit
(ISTANBUL) As the first ever World Humanitarian Summit comes to an end, CARE fears that the progress and positive steps that have been made in the areas of localisation, funding and gender, will be lost by the lack of any kind of roadmap for implementation going forward, and that states will not be held to…
Read MoreCARE to provide relief and recovery assistance following Sri Lanka mudslides
At least 134 people have died and more than 400,000 have been affected by the biggest landslides ever in Sri Lanka due to heavy monsoon rains. More than 300,000 people are currently sheltering in provisional camps. Among the greatest needs are clean water, food, sanitary facilities and items such as tarpaulin sheets, kitchen utensils, water…
Read MoreCARE Canada Recommendations on Canadian Government's Countries of Focus for Development Assistance
On Tuesday, May 17, CARE Canada Senior Director of International Development Santiago Alba-Corral and Advocacy and Government Relations Advisor Shaughn McArthur spoke before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on the topic of the Canadian government’s countries of focus for bilateral development assistance. Watch the televised committee meeting here…
Read MoreEmpowering refugees in Dadaab: Gladys’ Story
Gladys Gaba Cyrus is 42 years old. She came to Dadaab from Yei in South Sudan in 1995 after fleeing the country after she was involved in student strikes against Sharia law. Gladys is a single mother of five and her husband left her alone in the camp to return to South Sudan. Here is…
Read MoreCARE issues report on empowering women and girls in crises
Ahead of the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, CARE International has released a new report that looks at CARE’s work to empower women and girls affected by crisis. Why this report? The difference in the impact of natural and man-made disasters on women, girls, men and boys can be shocking. An example is that 90% of…
Read MoreCARE Spokespeople Available at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey
The world is currently witnessing the highest level of human suffering since the Second World War and an unprecedented global refugee crisis, driven in large part by major chronic conflicts. On May 23-24, CARE will join other civil society agencies and governments, including Canada, to take part in the World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey. In…
Read MoreImagine a life without water: El Niño in Madagascar
Water is something that many of us in the developed world have the luxury to take for granted. It is available, on tap, hot and cold, 24/7, any given day of the week. But in the countries of Southern Africa affected by the El Niño weather phenomenon, it is the difference between eating today or…
Read MoreIn profile: Niger’s Fatouma Zara Soumana works in emergencies
When disaster strikes, CARE is ready to assist, thanks to staff on the ground like Fatouma Zara Soumana from Niger. As a gender expert in the emergency space, Fatouma ensures the relief response meets the needs of women and girls as well as men and boys.
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