News releases and statements
Evicted by climate change: New CARE report calls for urgent gender transformative response to climate displacement
Today, the international aid organization CARE launched a new report, Evicted by Climate Change: Confronting the Gendered Impacts of Climate-Induced Displacement, highlighting the causes and consequences of climate-induced displacement and the urgent need for a gender-transformative response.
Read MoreCARE Canada announces $1.1M program extension supported by Global Affairs Canada
Today, with the support of the Government of Canada, CARE Canada announced a six-month extension of its Southern African Nutrition Initiative (SANI) project as part of Canada’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.
Read MoreBoard Chair and Vice-Chair Announcement – CARE Canada
CARE Canada is proud to announce the election of a new Chair and Vice-Chair of its Board of Directors. Effective June 25, 2020: Victor Thomas is the new Chair of the Board and Hilary Pearson, C.M, is the new Vice-Chair.
Read MoreExisting funding to biggest regional refugee crises represents only 1% of global spend on weapons
Despite the added threat of COVID-19 across all refugee hosting countries, international financial support for refugee crises is significantly lower than this time last year.
Read MoreCanada leads 30 countries in gender-responsive COVID action: New report highlights room for improvement in humanitarian response
CARE’s new report which highlights gender equity in COVID-19 responses finds that women have almost no representation in national COVID-19 responses across the globe and as a result their needs are going unmet.
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter
Today, we stand with the Black community – our families, friends, colleagues and neighbours – and we challenge ourselves to listen more, to feel uncomfortable, to learn more about what needs to change, to amplify voices that need to be heard, and to be more active allies in the fight against anti-Black racism and discrimination in all its forms.
Read MoreCOVID-19 could have disastrous implications for 12 million breastfeeding women and their babies in high risk countries, warns CARE
According to recent data from the INFORM risk database, eight countries face the highest risk of the health and humanitarian impacts of COVID-19 community transmission. Within this population a CARE International analysis estimates that there are around 12 million breastfeeding mothers and more than 1.6 million pregnant women.
Read MoreFirst COVID-19 case in Rohingya camp could potentially lead to an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, warns CARE
The first COVID-19 case in the Rohingya camp of Cox’s Bazar could potentially lead to thousands of new infections; putting the world’s largest refugee camp on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Read MoreSouth Sudan: Rising coronavirus cases coincide with start of lean season
As South Sudan has seen a spike in the number of coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, with numbers rising to 174 as of 11th May, the population of the world’s youngest country is also facing potential risks with the upcoming lean season.
Read More18 aid agencies call on the governments in the region to allow refugees stranded in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to disembark
18 humanitarian agencies are urging the countries on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to conduct search and rescue operations to save the lives of refugees and asylum seekers stranded at sea and allow them to disembark on their shores where they should be provided with adequate assistance.
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