Archive for September 2018
15 Minutes on Education and Inspiring Change
Episode Transcript Kasia Souchen: 00:01 Hello and welcome to 15 minutes to change the world, where in 15 minutes you can learn a bit more about the world and how you can help change it. My name is Kasia Souchen at CARE Canada and the host of this podcast. CARE fights poverty by empowering women…
Read More7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
CARE is closely monitoring the situation in Indonesia and is ready to respond if and when needed, after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi today. “Whilst CARE does not work in the affected area, we are monitoring the situation closely and have a team of 10 emergency response specialist ready to respond…
Read MoreA call to recognize, protect and support women human rights defenders and women’s movements
Civil society statement on the occasion of the Women Foreign Ministers Meeting 21-‐22 September 2018, Montreal, Quebec, Canada We, the undersigned organizations, call on Women Foreign Ministers gathered in Montreal, on the eve of the High-‐Level General Debate of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, to make concrete and…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Rights Coalition Calls on Montreal Summit of Women Foreign Ministers to Champion Women Human Rights Defenders at UN General Assembly
A coalition of women’s rights organizations is calling on women foreign ministers participating in a precedent-setting meeting in Montreal this week to make concrete and accountable commitments during the UN General Assembly to recognize, protect and support increasingly persecuted women human rights defenders around the world. In a statement released today, more than 160 women’s…
Read MoreGains on plastics are important, but concrete solutions still needed for climate
New CARE report notes Canada has made progress helping people adapt to climate change, but further G7 support needed OTTAWA – As G7 ministers prepare to discuss ridding the oceans of plastics, CARE is also calling on officials to dive deeper with climate change commitments to protect coastal communities. On Sept. 19-21, G7 ministers on…
Read MoreCARE responds as Mangkhut lashes northern Philippines
Typhoon Mangkhut, locally known as Ompong, brought ferocious winds and blinding rain that left infrastructure and agricultural damage to provinces in northern Philippines. Over 58,000 people have evacuated according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. CARE immediately sent an emergency response team to Cagayan ahead of the typhoon’s landfall. Jerome Lanit, CARE’s…
Read MoreUpdate: Severe Typhoon Mangkhut approaches the Philippines
Over ten thousand families in the northern part of the Philippines have evacuated as Typhoon Mangkhut moves closer to land. An estimated five million people will be affected who are mostly farmers and fisherfolks. The northern part of Cagayan province is already experiencing strong winds and heavy rains. There is potential for flooding, landslides as…
Read MoreVENEZUELA: Mismatched migration policies leave displaced people in dire conditions between borders
The international community urgently needs to step up funding and better coordinate their efforts to support hundreds of thousands of refugees from Venezuela, warns CARE. Growing numbers of people continue to leave Venezuela in search of safety while neighboring countries become increasingly strained. “The recent political developments in Venezuela have increased tensions in the region,…
Read MoreCARE prepares for strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, ready to respond
Typhoon Mangkhut (locally known as Ompong), the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, continues to intensify. The Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified “Mangkhut” into a super typhoon. It is currently equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane, with winds of at least 252 kilometers per hour (157 mph). As of…
Read MoreSyria: Aid agencies call on world powers to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Idlib
Millions of civilians trapped in Idlib face the prospect of the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in Syria’s seven-year war, should there be a major military escalation in the country’s North West. Eight leading aid agencies are calling on world leaders meeting Friday to urgently work together to avoid this horrific scenario. The presidents of Iran, Russia,…
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