October 2020 - CARE Canada

Women Increasingly at Risk and Unable to Access Assistance Post the Beirut Explosion

October 28, 2020

Fatima, 46 years old, is a mother of five. She lives in a very modest apartment in the conflict-affected Tripoli neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh. Her husband, Abdel Kader, 55 years old, lost his leg three weeks ago.

In the aftermath of the Beirut Port explosion on August 4, women in female-headed households, living within the explosion range, are suffering increased vulnerability.

Women photographers show the impacts of COVID-19 in West Africa

October 26, 2020

Katraelle Johnson, 34 years old and mother of two children, had to retrain when Covid-19 arrived. Her grocery store was no longer receiving customers. Katraelle now makes children's clothing which she sells online. "I wonder if we'll be able to go back to our old life," she worries. "I don't know if I can get my shop back. It's total uncertainty and anxiety." Porto Novo, Benin, 2020. Photo ©Laeïla Adjovi/CARE

CARE commissioned five women from different West African countries to go out and document the impact of COVID-19 on their communities—especially on its women and young people.

Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: CARE’s Women’s Voice & Leadership work

October 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in gender-based violence (GBV) in many parts of the world. CARE is working with local women’s organizations in Kenya’s informal settlements to address GBV and protect survivors as part of our Women’s Voice and Leadership work.

CARE very worried for hundreds of thousands in Vietnam already devastated by recent flooding, as third storm Saudel approaches this weekend

October 23, 2020

Photos depicting the damage caused by the October 2020 floods in Central Vietnam following CARE field assessments in Quang Tri province. CARE, through its local partners, is carrying out assessments in Quang Tri in order to provide lifesaving assistance to some 35,000 people with basic relief items, emergency shelter, livelihoods support to those who have lost everything including crops and livestock and water, sanitation and hygiene support to provide clean water and stop the risk of waterborne disease outbreaks in the aftermath of the floods.

Nearly 1 million people are already struggling with the impact of severe flooding across central Vietnam over the past weeks, with a third tropical storm – Saudel – predicted to make landfall this Sunday 25 October.

Adapting to the pandemic

October 22, 2020

Savings group Kyauta Mata in Niger. They were able to obtain funding to set up a small business for making masks. Ollivier Girard/CARE

While COVID-19 has meant adjusting our path, our work fighting poverty, saving lives in emergencies, and creating a better, more equal world continues. Here are some great examples of how we’ve adapted during the pandemic:

15 Minutes on Canadian International Assistance

October 20, 2020

On this episode of 15 Minutes to Change the World, we speak with The Honourable Bob Rae about Canadian international assistance in the age of COVID-19: how it has compounded existing inequalities around the world and changed how Canada is responding to support people in vulnerable places. And of course, what we can do to ensure this crucial work continues and expands.

Five minute inspiration: CARE savings groups in the post COVID world

October 15, 2020

CARE distribution of hygiene kits to families in Haiti in response to COVID-19

Movement restrictions, economic crisis, plummeting incomes, the inability to get together in groups. These are all challenges that could make a savings group fail post-COVID-19. They could make it impossible to move forward. That’s not what’s happening.