CARE Pleads for International Help for the DRC
The rule of law has all but collapsed and hundreds of thousands of lives will be at risk in the Democratic Republic of Congo without immediate help from the international comm... (full article)
"This is the saddest thing I've seen in my life"
Hasan Mazumdar, CARE's country director in Pakistan, traveled with CARE's emergency team to the epicenter of yesterday's quake (full article)
CARE Responds to Deadly Pakistan Earthquake
CARE's emergency team is on the ground in the devastated region of Baluchistan province, near the border of Afghanistan, where a 6.4 magnitude earthquake destroyed houses and ... (full article)
CARE to Extend Access to Financial Services to 300,000 Poor Households in Rural Africa
CARE today announced it has received an $11 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund a major initiative aimed at improving livelihoods in the developing ... (full article)
CARE Provides Immediate Aid to Flood Survivors in Honduras
CARE is rushing emergency assistance to flood-affected families in Honduras, after heavy rains caused severe flooding and destroyed homes and crops, affecting more than 190,00... (full article)
Linda DiSantis Takes Her Legal Skills to CARE
The international humanitarian agency CARE USA, headquartered in Atlanta, has named Linda DiSantis as general counsel. In this role, she will oversee CARE's legal affairs in m... (full article)
Commentary: Financial Crisis Threatens Human Rights and Gains Made Fighting Poverty and Climate Change in Poor Countries
Last week, the U.S. government provided another bail-out of $37.8 billion to the giant insurance company, AIG, bringing the total of rescue loans to that one company in the la... (full article)
On World Food Day, 17 Million People Face Starvation in the Horn of Africa
In Ethiopia, at least 6.4 million people need emergency food aid. In Somalia, nearly half the population is slowly starving, and the country is facing a food crisis unseen sin... (full article)
CARE Distributes Hygiene Kits to Haiti Storm Survivors
In response to grave sanitary conditions in flood-affected regions of Haiti, CARE is distributing hygiene kits to 1,500 families, or about 7,500 people, in the greater Gonaive... (full article)
CARE Starts "Cash-for-Work" Program for School Cleaning in Haiti
Cleanup begins today in schools that are still swamped with mud and debris more than a month after floods devastated this city in northwestern Haiti. CARE is launching the ef... (full article)
Somalia: Direct Threat to CARE by Local Militant Group Puts at Risk Delivery of Aid for 1 Million People
A public threat delivered through a media statement on Thursday by the spokesperson of a local militia group is threatening CARE's humanitarian operations throughout Somalia. (full article)
Zimbabwe food crisis looms without increased funds
CARE is calling on the international community to meet the World Food Program (WFP) appeal to avert a food crisis in a country already staggering under record inflation and fo... (full article)
