Archive for October 2017
Myanmar refugee crisis: Kulsoma's story
Kulsoma lives in a makeshift shelter in Unchiprang refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. She 30 years old, married and has five children. The family is seven of over 600,000 refugees who have been forced from their homes in Myanmar due to violence. Kulsoma’s story in her own words “After four girls, my husband and…
Read MoreCanada’s international climate change investments must address urgent needs of global poor, CARE
Canada needs to shift international funding to help the world’s most vulnerable people who are facing climate change right now, according to international humanitarian organization CARE Canada. As millions of people are confronted with erratic and extreme weather, Canada’s international climate change investments are falling below international best practice to balance funding between lessening the…
Read More"I would like people to be happy": A student’s visit to CARE Canada
Thanina Maouche is 15 years old, but it is hard to believe it when you hear her speak. Thanina chose to spend a day in our office in Ottawa and learn about the work that we do as part of her school curriculum. Here’s what she had to say about why she is interested in…
Read MoreGiving birth in a refugee camp in Bangladesh: Maimuna's story
Miamuna is 18 years-old. She is living in a makeshift shelter in Gumdum informal settlement in Bangladesh with her baby daughter and her husband, Mohammed. Her mother, Khatiza is also living with them, as well as her siblings, Ali, aged 16-years-old, and Fatema, aged 13-years-old. Maimuna gave birth in the settlement three days before CARE…
Read MoreMyanmar refugee crisis: Almost half a million refugees in need of gender-based violence support
Close to half a million refugees from Myanmar are in urgent need of assistance as they have either witnessed, experienced or are at risk of gender-based violence, warns the international aid organization CARE. “We have encountered horrific stories of sexual violence, including rape, and trafficking, experienced by refugees during their journeys. They are in urgent…
Read More"Thanks to CARE, the days of going to bed hungry are over” : Helping families affected by drought in Somaliland
By Edward Ahonobadha and Abdi Nour Hodu lives in Oodweyne village in Burao in Somaliland. She is a mother of three children and is expecting her fourth child. Her family lost all their goats and sheep during the drought that has severely impacted the country. “We struggled to put food on the table. There were…
Read More7 things you need to know on World Food Day
1. Today, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. 20 million – that’s nearly more than the population of all major cities in Canada combined – and that’s how many people are affected by one of the biggest humanitarian crises since World War II. Imagine everyone living in London, Berlin,…
Read MoreBangladesh: 150,000 refugee children under 5 acutely malnourished, warns CARE
More than 150,000 refugee children under the age of five are acutely malnourished, warns the international aid organization CARE. “The situation of the children is desperate, many have not eaten more than one meal a day for weeks. We are especially concerned that they will fall sick,” says Zia Choudhury, CARE Bangladesh’s country director. The…
Read MoreA mother’s strength: "If you educate a girl, you educate a nation"
By Hind Abbas, CARE Yemen Fatima is 25 years old and a volunteer for CARE International in Yemen. She reflects on how she got married as a twelve year-old girl and why she thinks that education is key to a better life. “It was winter and it was the beginning of the week. I remember…
Read MoreStarting again: How Uganda is supporting refugees
Since violence erupted in South Sudan, the number of people who have fled to safety in Uganda has exceeded one million. Where some countries turn refugees away, the Ugandan Government is welcoming them. CARE’s Refugee Response Team Leader, Carly Sheehan, is in Uganda and shines a light on how, with support, refugees really can start…
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