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In Photos: Syrian girls share how 11 years of conflict has impacted their lives

March 15, 2022

A young girl, Hana, sits at a desk writing in a notebook. Shafak/CARE

Millions of children were born in Syria since the conflict began more than a decade ago. Thousands have lost family members and been forced to flee their homes to camps in far away places and across neighbouring countries. Most continue to experience, daily, numerous violations of their basic rights to health, education and protection. These are some of their stories.

15 Minutes on Empowering and Investing in Girls

October 11, 2021

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Our very special guest for International Day of the Girl is Marigold Mioc—a volunteer and activist who has been involved with different causes, groups and organizations including the United Way, Young Canadians’ Parliament, Engineers without Borders, and many more.

15 Minutes on Localizing and Decolonizing Aid

March 29, 2021

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In the final episode of our March4Women series, we speak with Everjoice Win, an activist in feminist and social justice movements in her country, Zimbabwe, the African continent and globally for over 30 years. Everjoice speaks passionately about decolonizing aid and localization in the context of international development and humanitarian work—and how women are leading the charge in this very critical area.

Staying in school and becoming a teacher: Maram’s story

January 19, 2021

Maram* (name changed), 10 years old, lives in her grandfather’s house in northwest Syria. Protection teams at Shafak, one of CARE’s partners in northwest Syria, visited her grandfather’s house and spoke to her grandfather and grandmother. They presented awareness-raising sessions about neglect and its effects on the life of Maram. They discussed the need to take care of her and give her rights, such as the right to play, like other children, and the right to education. As a result, Maram returned to school to continue her education. Her fears began to subside, especially because of her love of being back at school and participating in educational activities. Maram also helps the rest of the children at home with their school work and takes care of them with her grandmother.

Ten-year-old Maram, who lives with her grandparents in northwest Syria, shares her personal story and her dream of becoming a teacher.

CARE very worried for hundreds of thousands in Vietnam already devastated by recent flooding, as third storm Saudel approaches this weekend

October 23, 2020

Photos depicting the damage caused by the October 2020 floods in Central Vietnam following CARE field assessments in Quang Tri province. CARE, through its local partners, is carrying out assessments in Quang Tri in order to provide lifesaving assistance to some 35,000 people with basic relief items, emergency shelter, livelihoods support to those who have lost everything including crops and livestock and water, sanitation and hygiene support to provide clean water and stop the risk of waterborne disease outbreaks in the aftermath of the floods.

Nearly 1 million people are already struggling with the impact of severe flooding across central Vietnam over the past weeks, with a third tropical storm – Saudel – predicted to make landfall this Sunday 25 October.