CARE Canada welcomes Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement of $400 million in new funding to support trusted partners addressing the impacts of COVID-19 in some of the most fragile and vulnerable communities around the world.
Month: September 2020
CARE Canada Statement: Canada joins COVAX initiative
CARE Canada welcomes Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement that Canada will join the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) and the COVID-19 Advance Market Commitment.
Three environmental activists making a difference in Africa and around the world
Activists in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda are helping lead the way in advocating for environmental issues and climate justice.
We are having a global food crisis and women are feeling its impacts the most
From increased unpaid labor to gender-based lockdown restrictions, women and girls are disproportionately impacted during the ongoing global food crisis.
CARE Canada statement: Throne Speech
As COVID-19 pushes hunger, gender-based violence and economic exclusion to new highs in Canada and around the world, bold new measures are needed to tackle the systemic weaknesses the pandemic has exposed, and to prepare for future shocks – whether from health crises, economic decline or the climate crisis.
“I still have hope”: Overcoming unemployment during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has eliminated 277 billion hours of paid work as of June 30, the equivalent of 400 million full-time jobs. Unlike previous economic crises, those job losses are hitting women the hardest.
Transforming COVID responses: Finding new ways to change the world
COVID-19 has forced us all to change in ways we never imagined. For CARE, it has transformed the way we work in every country and every project. Those changes can show us how to build a better world, and how to build a better CARE.
CARE Canada welcomes new members to Board of Directors
CARE Canada is pleased to announce that Cindy Karugia, Dr. Victoria Lee, Lisa Raitt P.C., and Dr. David Turpin have been elected to its Board of Directors.
Cultivating hope: Palestinian Women Coping with COVID-19
See how Bayan Farraj, a married mother of three children from Ramallah in the West Bank, was able to fulfil her passion to run her own business, with support from CARE’s OBADER project.