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Afghanistan
Afghanistan has reached a crossroads, and the choice is clear and stark: Stay on the path of peace and progress or return to the all-too-familiar terrain of civil war and poverty. Read more.
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AIDS Info Center
In the two decades since its outbreak, HIV has infected more than 60 million people, and AIDS has caused the deaths of more than 20 million people. The pandemic has shattered lives and left families destitute. Read more.
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International Children's Day
On June 13, we at CARE join the world community in observing International Children's Day and renew our commitment to improving the lives of children around the world. Read more.
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Landmine Info Center
Each day, around the world, 70 people die as a result of landmines. The vast majority of these victims are innocent civilians, mostly women and children. Read more.
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Southern Africa
In Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, more than 16 million people may go hungry in the months to come. Read more.
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Women in the Developing World
Mothers, sisters, wives, daughters. Caregivers, educators, entrepreneurs, decision-makers. Women play a myriad of roles in our lives, and yet, around the world, they are routinely and often systematically denied the rights that allow them to live in dignity. Read more.
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International Women's Day
As the world's nations mark International Women's Day, CARE and Population Action International (PAI), a leading population policy group, are highlighting the importance of reproductive health care in women's lives and in the battle against global poverty. Read more.
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Victims of War
For more than 50 years, CARE has helped people survive war and rebuild in its aftermath. This work is integral to our poverty-fighting mission because the brutal consequences of war last long after the guns are silent. Read more.
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East Timor
Violence intensified in East Timor following a referendum on August 30, under the auspices of the United Nations, in which nearly 80 percent of voters rejected special autonomy within Indonesia, and thus supported East Timor's independence. Read more.
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El Salvador Earthquake
Since January 13, 2001 El Salvador has been rocked by a series of earthquakes and aftershocks that have left the country in dire straits. Read more.
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Gujarat India Earthquake
It has been two years since the January 26, 2001, earthquake in India that left death and devastation in its wake. As one of the first humanitarian organizations to respond, CARE began providing lifesaving emergency supplies and services to four of the hardest-hit areas of Kutch District. Read more.
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Kosovo
Nearly 18 months after 1 million ethnic Albanians fled Kosovo most of the refugees have returned from Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The region is now abuzz with people rebuilding their homes, hospitals, schools, roads and bridges and their lives. Read more.
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Orissa India Cyclones
On the morning of October 29, 1999, a cyclone of unprecedented force struck the coast of Orissa, in northeastern India on the Bay of Bengal. Read more.
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Sierra Leone
Less than a year after the signing of a peace accord between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels and the government of Sierra Leone, renewed fighting has erupted in this West African country. Read more.
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