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‘This morning, peace was shattered as 19 airstrikes tore through the city. It was terrifying and my hands are still shaking as I write this.’

I recently caught up with a friend of mine who is enjoying her sixth week of motherhood.” You weren’t kidding about whirlwind…” she said…

It was the first day the sun was out. Helicopters and aircraft have arrived from all over the world. High-energy biscuits and bottles of water are being flown or sores to isolated villages, islands amongst the flood waters. What appears to be more of an ocean than land. Flying over the city you see the true destruction of the cyclone’s power with residential homes torn open. As we fly off we see the sea, it has turned milk chocolate from all the rivers overflowing into its usual blue waters. Flying over farm land that is now flooded you see the occasional hut, crumbling in the flood waters. As we approach the “island” of Guara Guara we see a white tent next to a field and a throng of people awaiting our approach. The town is now home to an estimated 1,300 people and more arriving every day from surrounded villages. It’s the highest point in this area and is now home to everyone who has survived the flood waters Medical teams fly in and out each day. The people are asking for no more biscuits, they need food, rice and other necessities. We unload the high-energy biscuits and bottles of water with a group of young men helping to carry them off. The medical team has finished its day’s work and replaces the cargo on the flight. This is an Indian Navy aircraft, they were practicing nearby when they got word for help and came. There are no doors on this ship and as we take off the kids wave to us, the houses on the outside of the village are still bathed in water reminding us how perilous the situation remains

CARE’s Jennifer Bose shares Isabel’s story from Cyclone Idai-affected Mozambique.

While Yemen faces crisis, we cannot ignore those women who are fighting bravely – not only for their own survival, but also against violence and poverty in a country at war.

A day to celebrate women is a key step in this path. So, what if we celebrated for more than one day? What if we made March, in its entirety, for women?

ShareTweetShareEmail Stories on the impact of development work Feb 5, 2019 To celebrate International Development Week we asked our staff how development work has impacted the people we work with and how it has impacted them. We share some of their stories below. “When I was last in Tanzania, I was left inspired by how…

Have you ever met someone for the first time and felt like you’ve known them for years? Have you experienced an immediate kinship, a common way of speaking about things and a natural openness? I felt that way when I met CARE’s West Bank and Gaza (WBG) staff this past fall at their office in…

Walking up the steps to a small concrete building nestled amidst oak and cypress trees, it’s hard to believe that this is the site of such a big and important operation. A childcare centre next door fills the air with children’s laughter and I find myself breaking into a smile. We’re in Al Shyoukh, Hebron, in the West Bank…

CARE Canada announces executive leadership transition

ShareTweetShareEmail Bringing us together Dec 10, 2018 By Gillian Barth, CARE Canada’s President and CEO I’ve dedicated a good part of my life to CARE. And though my passion for fighting inequality has grown, time hasn’t made the work any easier. Every day, I see my colleagues pour the best of themselves into impossibly complex…

Is scrolling through your social media feed, bits and bytes showing a screen, our best best to connect with each other? Though this can be a powerful tool, we can do more to bring people together, in real life, away from their phones, to make a change. At CARE we are driven by the potential…

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Reflection

Yemen: ‘An airstrike almost on my doorstep’

Ending Inequality For Mothers

Cyclone Idai: When tears don’t even scratch the surface

In the midst of war, Yemeni women are creating opportunities

Make March for women

Stories on the impact of development work

Hungry for change: Women entrepreneurs in the West Bank

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