Archive for November 2016
“This Madness Must End”: CARE Calls for Immediate End to Attacks on Civilians in Aleppo
(Gaziantep, Turkey): Humanitarian agency CARE International is calling for an immediate end to attacks on civilians in and around Aleppo and for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to those in most desperate need. “We are running out of words to describe the horrendous actions being committed against the civilian population of Aleppo,” said Christina Northey,…
Read MoreQuotes from CARE Partner in Eastern Aleppo
The following quotes were gathered from inside eastern Aleppo from a CARE partner agency. On the 11,000* displaced persons who have fled to other neighborhoods, 25-28 Nov.: “A lot of people are arriving in my neighborhood, leaving everything behind. People fear being detained. “Residents and the local committees are helping house the displaced families. But…
Read More“I want these voices to be heard”: One Syrian teen refuses to stop dreaming
By Mary Kate MacIsaac, Communications Coordinator, Regional Syria Response, CARE International Growing up, Ayat had much in common with her father – strong opinions and a desire to share them. Having just completed her final year of high school, she hopes to attend university, but with a lack of financial resources, it remains only a…
Read MoreHer Excellency Sharon Johnston Reflects on Visits to CARE Projects in the Middle East
From Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, Their Excellencies the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Mrs. Sharon Johnston, travelled to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. CARE Canada was pleased to host Mrs. Johnston in both Jordan and the West Bank, arranging for visits to learn more about our programming and meet…
Read MoreWorld Toilet Day: “They call me the latrine guy”
Osama AlGhssen is a civil engineer working with a CARE partner in southern Syria, where CARE is the only provider of latrines, building over 270 latrines for more than 5,000 displaced Syrians. Before the war, Syria was a middle-income country with functioning schools, hospitals, industry. Communities were connected to public water supplies and sewage systems.…
Read MoreDadaab: CARE welcomes news of a postponed deadline for closure
CARE International in Kenya is welcoming the announcement of the Kenyan government to postpone the closure of the Dadaab refugee camps. “There are still more than 275,000 refugees living in the world’s largest camp. Many are afraid to return to their home country, given insecurity in Somalia,” says Country Director Bogdan Dumitru. “We are relieved…
Read MoreJoint Statement on One Month of Military Operations to Retake Mosul
(Baghdad, 17 November 2016): Today marks one month of intensified military operations to retake the city of Mosul. With tens of thousands of families in newly retaken areas urgently requiring life-saving assistance, the humanitarian community in Iraq faces a massive scope of need. These latest developments further exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in a country where…
Read MoreHow to feed the world – one farmer at a time
By Pierre Kadet, CARE Canada’s Senior Manager, Food Security and Resilience to Climate Change Some of my most vivid memories from my childhood in Senegal are being on our family farm. I quickly learned that food is one of the building blocks of life and well-being, and that it is the farmer that is ultimately…
Read MoreCARE Dispatches: Escalating Need In Mosul
Written by Sam Bolitho, a member of CARE’s emergency response team in Northern Iraq “They took the beautiful girls,” Goze tells me from her temporary home in a camp in northern Iraq. It soon becomes clear what she was alluding to: the women were raped, their husbands killed. This is the brutal reality of life…
Read MoreDreams become reality in Côte d’Ivoire: Thérèse’s story
Thérèse Gbe sell beverages from her home in Man, Côte d’Ivoire. She belongs to a savings group as part of CARE’s POWER Africa project and she plans to use her share of the savings to invest in other merchandise to sell alongside the drinks. Her business has enabled her to pay her children’s school fees…
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