News releases and statements
Women in low-income countries denied access to COVID vaccines, new research reveals
Only one woman for every three men is being vaccinated against COVID-19 in some countries, the international aid organization CARE is warning.
Read MoreCARE Restarts Afghanistan Humanitarian Response – Provides Seeds, Tools, Fertilizer Ahead of Lean Growing Season and Ongoing Food Crisis
In the last week, CARE has restarted its emergency humanitarian response, providing a small number of vulnerable displaced families with financial assistance to spend on key needs.
Read MoreCARE Canada Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
“On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour the Survivors of residential schools, their families, and Indigenous communities across Canada who have been impacted by the ongoing trauma and intergenerational pain and suffering caused by residential schools,” says CARE Canada President and CEO Barbara Grantham.
Read MoreHealthcare System on the Brink of Collapse as New Wave of COVID Hits Northwest Syria
As Northwest Syria faces a second wave of COVID-19, hospitals and COVID-19 Community Treatment Centers (CCTCs) in the opposition-held area are unable to cope.
Read MoreA Call to Action to Canada’s Federal Party Leaders Ahead of Global COVID-19 Summit on Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better
The Global COVID-19 Summit, on September 22, on the margins of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, will take place days after Canadians elect a new government. CARE Canada urges all parties to work together now and make bold new commitments that will ensure the pandemic is defeated within the next twelve months, as a priority of the new government.
Read MoreCARE / UN Women: Being amongst the most affected by the earthquake, women’s and girls’ meaningful participation and leadership are crucial to an effective and successful humanitarian response
Following the 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14, UN Women Haiti and CARE International, in partnership with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Women’s Rights, the General Directorate of Civil Protection, and the Humanitarian Country Team’s Special Gender Task Force, developed a Rapid Gender Analysis which aims to provide humanitarian actors with recommendations to address the needs of women and girls to ensure their rights and needs are at the core of recovery and reconstruction efforts.
Read MoreHigh-level event: Afghanistan Statement by CARE International Secretary Seneral Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro
CARE International Secretary-General Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro’s statement at the UN High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan:
Read MoreAfghanistan: the humanitarian needs have never been greater
The people of Afghanistan continue enduring one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, despite the media attention around the evacuation. Some 12.2 million people are facing acute hunger, 3.5 million people are displaced within the country due to drought and insecurity and the pandemic persists.
Read MoreCARE: The People of Afghanistan Deserve Peace, Not Further Instability
CARE statement following the explosion at Kabul airport on 26 August 2021
Read MoreCARE International Statement on Afghanistan: “We stand in solidarity with Afghans, our work will continue”
Following this latest chapter in Afghanistan’s decades-long struggle with conflict and turmoil. CARE International is concerned that hard-won development gains, particularly for women and girls, will possibly disappear.
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