Emergencies and resilience
LGBTQ migrants fleeing Venezuela find refuge at Dialogo Diverso
See how an incredible community organization in Quito, Ecuador is providing counseling, workshops and support to LGBTQ migrants and refugees.
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 More15 Minutes on COVID-19 in Vulnerable Communities
On this episode of 15 Minutes to Change the World, we speak with Najeeba Wazefadost and Bárbara Romero, two of the five co-founders of Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL). They share their personal stories as refugees and insights on how COVID-19 is affecting refugee communities and internally displaced persons around the world.
Read MoreIn photos: How COVID-19 is affecting refugees around the world
While everyone around the world continues to cope with the devastating impacts of COVID-19, the risks are heightened for the world’s approximately 71 million people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
Read MoreA ray of hope for refugee women in Uganda
For a group of women tailors located in a village in Uganda’s Bidibidi settlement zone, all has not been lost during the pandemic. Their story is a true reflection of the old adage “every cloud has a silver lining” thanks to CARE and support from UN Women.
Read MoreShow you CARE
For those of us in Canada who are grateful for the safety and protection of home, it’s time to fuel the resilience and leadership of the women and girls facing COVID-19 without a safe place of their own. This is the time to show you CARE.
Read MoreEveryone 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 MoreHow creativity gets us through a crisis
We all need courage and patience to get us through the pandemic. All around the world, CARE teams and the people you support have been rising to the challenge. And they are adding one more critical ingredient: creativity.
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 MoreWorld Menstrual Hygiene Day: Safe. Proud. Period.
CARE’s Reshma Khan shares her thoughts and experiences on World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
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