Archive for November 2020
15 Minutes on Canadian Charities in 2020
In this episode of 15 Minutes to Change the World, we’ll discuss how Canadians can support charities and how charities themselves can weather the challenges of this new era. Our guest today is Marina Glogovac, president and CEO of CanadaHelps.
Read MoreThis Giving Tuesday, I’m thinking about gratitude
On Tuesday, we have the opportunity to celebrate what makes us most human — the caring and the humanity we share. Just as it did 75 years ago, the world needs CARE today, perhaps more so than ever.
Read MoreSolving the Shadow Pandemic: 5 actions needed now to end gender-based violence
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, CARE International Secretary General, Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro outlines 5 critical steps governments and policy makers must take now to condemn gender-based violence to history.
Read MoreIn photos: Hurricane Eta aftermath and CARE’s response
Over 3 million people have been affected by Hurricane Eta. CARE is responding with food, shelter and more.
Read MoreCARE Canada speaks before House of Commons Committee on the exacerbation of international crises due to COVID-19
Today, Barbara Grantham, CARE Canada’s President and CEO, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development in the context of the Committee’s study on, “Vulnerabilities Created And Exacerbated By COVID-19 In Crisis and Conflict-Affected Areas.”
Read MoreHurricanes in Central America
Parts of Central America have been devastated by Hurricane Eta, which made landfall at the beginning of November. Now, less than two weeks later, Hurricane Iota is forging a path of destruction in Honduras, northern Nicaragua, Guatemala and southern Belize.
Read More15 Minutes on Climate Action and Climate Justice
Our guest today is Catherine Abreu, an internationally recognized, award-winning campaigner whose work centers on building powerful coalitions to advance transformative action on climate change. Catherine is the Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, Canada’s primary network of more than 100 organizations working on climate change and energy issues from coast to coast to coast.
Read MoreCARE: No COP26, but Yes to National Climate Action
CARE Canada today marked the date on which the annual United Nations climate conference (COP26) would have begun, by noting that the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be an excuse for stalling climate action.
Read MoreStories of shock and survival: Three months after the Beirut explosion
Three months after the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, CARE Canada’ Ramzi Saliba reflects on his deployment there: how it personally affected him being from Lebanon, the complexities of compounding emergencies happening all together, CARE’s response, and the incomprehensible impact on the people.
Read MoreReturn from Lebanon: Three months after the Beirut explosion
CARE Canada Humanitarian Program Manager Ramzi Saliba reflects on his deployment to Beirut, Lebanon following the massive explosion that devastated the city on August 4, 2020.
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