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CARE Canada’s Tanja Kisslinger
ShareTweetShare+1Email CARE Canada’s Tanja Kisslinger May 3, 2019 1. What do you do at CARE? My job is a mix of communications, public engagement and knowledge translation. That means, I take information from our Global Health programs, and I create meaningful messages and opportunities for the Canadian public to understand and experience our nutrition work…
Read MoreWorking to help refugees
Today, on World Refugee Day, we celebrate those that are making a difference in the lives of refugees right here at home in Canada and abroad. Have you ever wanted a career in helping newcomers or have you been looking for smaller ways that you can help? Our expert panel below can help you learn…
Read MoreIn profile: CARE Niger’s Fatouma Zara Soumana works in emergencies
When disaster strikes, CARE is ready to assist, thanks to staff on the ground like Fatouma Zara Soumana from CARE Niger. As a gender expert in the emergency space, Fatouma ensures the relief response meets the needs of women and girls as well as men and boys.
Read MoreMeet a CARE expert: Pierre Kadet, Food Security and Livelihoods Technical Advisor
Born and raised in Senegal, Dr. Pierre Kadet brings to CARE Canada more than 10 years of experience working overseas in the fields of food security and livelihoods, both in humanitarian and development settings. He holds a PhD in physical geography and rural planning from the University of Montpellier in France. Before joining CARE Canada,…
Read MoreRepaying Kindness: Dr. Paul Loofs
More than 65 years have passed, but Dr. Paul Loofs can still remember the day in 1947 when a CARE package was delivered to his bomb-damaged home in Central Europe. For his family, still reeling from the aftermath of the Second World War, that one parcel represented much more than the canned food it contained.…
Read MoreMeet a CARE Expert: Marnie Davidson
Marnie Davidson is CARE Canada’s health adviser and program manager for maternal, newborn and child health. For nearly 10 years, Marnie has been living in Ottawa and actively engaged in the field of health and development. She has a wide range of global and Canadian public health programming experience notably in the areas of HIV,…
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