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.
Emergency Response
COVID-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.
World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Safe. Proud. Period.
CARE’s Reshma Khan shares her thoughts and experiences on World Menstrual Hygiene Day.
Buying food when the markets are closed: Fatima’s Story
Fatima, who lives in the conflict-affected Tripoli neighbourhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh, has not worked since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. She lives with her family in a very modest apartment. Her husband, Abdel Kader, lost his leg three weeks ago.
Supporting and believing in each other: How a women’s food cooperative in Guatemala brings people together to ensure income, nutrition and health
Gilda is the president of a women’s cooperative in Guatemala that employs local women to produce soya bean derivatives. She shared with us how she is leading her community through the COVID-19 crisis, with support from CARE.
Together 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.
Original 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.
Acts of kindness are never outdated: The story of the CARE Package®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.
Building back better: How investing in women can lead to prosperity for all
Due to the #COVID19 pandemic, 1.6 billion workers may lose their livelihoods. A new CARE study finds that women and girls will be the hardest hit by these economic losses. But women and girls can also be the key to solutions which will lead to prosperity for all!