Reflection Archives - CARE Canada

As celebrations of women’s achievements have grown over the years, so have calls for more action towards a more equal world. This year, we somberly approach another milestone – one year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While the virus has affected people of all genders, women, girls and non-binary people have suffered disproportionately. 

VSLA training, Women Lead in Emergencies, West Nile. CARE Uganda.

There is a power—not new, but rising. It is the power of women acting together, leading, in communities affected by crisis.

Beirut, Lebanon following explosion August 4, 2020. Photo: Ramzi Saliba/CARE

Three months after the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, CARE Canada’s 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.

COVID-19 has forced us all to change in ways we never imagined. For CARE, it has transformed the way we work in every country and every project. Those changes can show us how to build a better world, and how to build a better CARE.

Runesu Primary School in Zimbabwe, where CARE has been supporting a pilot project to enhance the nutrition and access to education of its students.

School means so much more than books to read, dates to memorize and theories of which to make sense. School is where we form relationships, create community, and embark on the journey towards our future selves.

CARE Haiti provides a community canteen for children affected by the closure of schools following the COVID-19 crisis.

As children in many parts of the world head back to school, we reflect on what that looks like in countries like Madagascar, Afghanistan and Haiti.

A group of children smile from a bamboo pile meant for home repairs, overlooking the Palangkhali refugee camp in Bangladesh..

In 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fled Myanmar to settle in the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh. Close to a million, the Rohingyas have been waiting for three years, for justice, to have their rights back, and to return home.

CARE is working on the ground in Lebanon to provide emergency relief services for those affected by the large explosion in Beirut that occurred on August 4th. The devastation and shattered buildings seen here were photographed on August 7, 2020.

One week after the devastating blast that shook Beirut to its core and destroyed half the city, the shock wave is not done ripping through the hearts and souls of those who witnessed the single largest explosion in peacetime history.

Shanti Chirayath, 33, is an aid worker from Bonn. When the corona crisis led to travel restrictions worldwide, she decided not to return to her home country and stay in Iraq.

Shanti Chirayath is a CARE aid worker from Bonn, Germany. When the COVID-19 pandemic led to travel restrictions worldwide, she decided not to return to her home country and stay in Iraq.