Afghanistan Emergency DONATE THE SITUATION The security situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate. The pace of families fleeing their homes has intensified due to conflict and hundreds of thousands of newly displaced people need emergency support now. Many Afghans fear that hard-won development gains, particularly for women and girls, will disappear. While the world watches…

Haiti Emergency DONATE THE SITUATION Haiti experienced a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14, 2021, with the epicenter in the south of the island near Saint-Louis-du-Sud. The earthquake, which has already led to over two thousand deaths and thousands more injured, has also damaged homes and smaller infrastructure, displacing thousands, with the full extent…

Humanitarian Crisis in West Bank and Gaza Photo: Ismail Abu Hatab/CARE THE SITUATION With the high death toll and damage caused by 11 days of violence in Gaza, the scale of humanitarian need is immense. Around 91,000 Palestinians have been displaced from their homes, including 66,000 who are seeking protection in UN schools across Gaza….

India COVID Crisis THE SITUATION A severe second wave of COVID-19 is having a devastating impact in India. The country has more than 3.4 million active cases and numbers are predicted to peak by mid-May 2021. Even cities like Mumbai and Delhi with well-established healthcare networks are under tremendous strain. There is a dire need…

Lebanon Crisis THE SITUATION On August 4, 2020 two explosions rocked the city of Beirut, Lebanon. Hundreds of people were killed, more than 6,000 injured, and over 300,000 have lost their homes. “I have been walking around Beirut for the last 2 days. The damage is terrible, impossible to quantify. It is impossible to imagine…

Coronavirus COVID-19 THE SITUATION The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affects us all. It will have unthinkable consequences in the places CARE is already delivering lifesaving aid—places where health care systems are already weak, and where disaster and conflict have wiped out long-term food supplies. In these communities, there are far too many vulnerable people and too…

Venezuela Crisis THE SITUATION Venezuela is experiencing an unprecedented and man-made humanitarian crisis, causing a mass exodus of its people.  More than  three million people—about ten percent of the population—have fled Venezuela  as a result of political instability, hunger, inflation, lack of health care, poverty and soaring crime rates. It has been described as the…