Reflection
Everyone stays at home. I am staying 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.
Read MoreWorld Menstrual Hygiene Day: Safe. Proud. Period.
CARE’s Reshma Khan shares her thoughts and experiences on World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
Read MoreTogether in kindness: A CARE Package® recipient’s story
These acts of kindness are what we need right now. We will get through this, just as we did 75 years ago, if we think and act with love and compassion together.
Read MoreOriginal CARE Package® Recipient: Nachiko Yokota
CARE Canada donor Nachiko Yokota reflects on the CARE Package® she and her family received after the Second World War and her legacy of supporting our work over the years.
Read MoreActs of kindness are never outdated: The story of the CARE Package®
Unfortunately, history does tend to repeat itself. But it also provides us with the opportunity to repeat the good and the kind. There’s a CARE Package® needed for many parts of the world—and we are all in a position to give it.
Read MoreGiving back in the midst of crisis: A BC nurse’s COVID-19 journey
Amy is a Registered Nurse at St. Paul’s hospital in Vancouver, BC. After being hospitalized for COVID-19, she started asking friends and family to tie ribbons around the tree in her front yard to keep her spirits up, and to give back to the people that will be affected by this crisis both in Canada and around the world. What followed was an outpouring of support from loved ones, neighbours and complete strangers to create the “Giving Tree.”
Read MoreWhy Giving Tuesday Now is an opportunity for all of us
While you may have typically seen messages about Giving Tuesday during the holiday season, tomorrow is a global day of giving and unity specifically in response to COVID-19.
Read MoreQ&A with Marc Nosbach, CARE Country Director Mozambique
Last year Mozambique had to deal with the two severe cyclones Idai and Kenneth. Now the outbreak of COVID-19 threatens. What is the current situation?
Read MoreWhy home-based humanitarianism can only take us so far
As the world stays indoors, and individuals around the globe come together in a historical moment of solidarity to stop the spread of COVID-19, for many of the world’s most vulnerable people; lock downs, border restrictions and limitations on movement pose life-threatening challenges.
Read MoreFlattening the curve, and building a global community
With planes grounded and borders closing, it’s easy to feel farther apart than ever, but this crisis should remind us of just the opposite: we’re a global community, and now more than ever, we all need each other.
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