CARE Pakistan Country Director Adil Sheraz provides a statement on the flooding in Pakistan, how people are impacted, their greatest needs, and how CARE and our partners are assisting.
News releases and statements
Six months of war in Ukraine: Brutal mental health toll must not be overlooked, warns CARE
Since February 2022, CARE and partners have reached over 466,000 people affected by the crisis, across Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Georgia, and Germany with protection and psychosocial support, cash assistance, food, water, sanitation and hygiene assistance, health services, support for accommodation, and education.
World Humanitarian Day 2022: South Sudan continues to be one of the deadliest places to be an aid worker
South Sudan continues to be one of the deadliest places to be an aid worker, according to analysis done by CARE on data from the Humanitarian Outcomes Aid Worker Security Database. Forty-four aid workers have lost their lives globally since the beginning of this year, including 11 in South Sudan, 8 in Afghanistan and 7 in Myanmar.
Statement on fire and toxic cloud in Matanzas, Cuba
CARE is closely monitoring an evolving situation in Cuba, where lightning struck a storage tank of crude oil at the Matanzas Super Tanker Base, 55 miles east of Havana, causing a large fire and explosion.
150 million more women than men were hungry in 2021 – CARE analysis finds
An analysis by humanitarian organization CARE highlights, for the first time, a global link between gender inequality and food insecurity. Analyzing data from 2021, the report shows that across 109 countries, as gender inequality goes up, food security goes down.
Today commemorates two years since the Beirut blast
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Canadian charities unite to fight hunger; Government matches donations
In response to the global hunger crisis—which has been exacerbated by the confluence of covid, climate change, and ongoing crisis in Ukraine and other regions—the Humanitarian Coalition whose members include CARE Canada and other Canadian partners are raising funds to rush assistance to people on the edge of famine.
CARE Canada welcomes the new funding to fight global hunger announced by the Prime Minister
Today, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $250 million in new funds to help address the global food security crisis, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and on helping the most vulnerable.
World Refugee Day 2022: Shockingly low levels of humanitarian aid funding for displaced people around the world
Refugee and displacement crises across Venezuela and neighboring countries, the Central Sahel, Syria, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo receive shockingly low support from the international community in the first 6 months of 2022. CARE calls on donor states not to forget these displacement crises and to increase financial aid immediately.