War and Women: Meeting the Needs of Sri Lanka's Displaced People
One of the harshest realities for women fleeing the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka is that when they finally reach a safe haven, it has no adequate toilet facilities for ... (full article)
Wal-Mart Foundation and CARE Team Up to Empower Young Women Around the World
The Wal-Mart Foundation today announced a $1 million grant to CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Projects funded by this grant will focus on em... (full article)
Trehan Foundation Donates Millions to Empower Adolescent Girls
In keeping with its profound commitment to improving the lives of children, particularly girls in deprived areas of the world, The Trehan Foundation has donated $2.5 million t... (full article)
CARE Provides Critical Assistance for the Second Wave of People Fleeing the Former Conflict Zone in Sri Lanka
With the end of the war in northern Sri Lanka, a second wave of more than 80,000 people are fleeing the former conflict zone and are in desperate need of food, water and shelt... (full article)
Aid Agencies Urge Sri Lankan Government to Lift Restrictions as Conditions in the Internally Displaced Camps Deteriorate
Thousands of lives are at risk in Sri Lanka because aid to internally displaced people is being restricted by difficulties in securing access for staff and vehicles, 14 major ... (full article)
CARE Sounds Alarm as Women, Girls Flee Violence In Pakistan
CARE fears that women and children are being disproportionately affected as more than 500,000 flee fighting between the Taliban and the military in Pakistan. Thousands more co... (full article)
Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan
Fighting between the Taliban and the government of Pakistan has led to a growing humanitarian crisis. Up to 1.5 million people may be displaced. The need for emergency relief ... (full article)
Striving to Survive
CARE in Pakistan. Many inhabitants of the Swat valley, once also known as the Switzerland of Pakistan, have been forced to evacuate their home due to a military operation. Wit... (full article)
A Glimpse of Hope
Today, CARE started the distribution of relief items for displaced persons in Mardan. I was able to observe it and could listen to the speech of Ayub Khan, Mayor of the Union ... (full article)
Squeezed into Small Spaces
We found 36 members of four families staying in a single room. Jamshaid, the head of one family, told me that women and children sleep in the room. The men sleep outside in th... (full article)
''Our Heads Drown in Shame''
Voices from a refugee camp in Pakistan during the fighting between the Taliban and military forces in May 2009. (full article)
Newborn Life Amidst Desperation
Musafir Khan, who is about 80 years old, has worries written all over his face. He is not sure how to express his feelings over the birth of his granddaughter last Thursday. U... (full article)
CARE Prepares Staff to Manage Against Flu in Poor Communities
With the knowledge that an influenza pandemic could decimate poor communities in the developing world, CARE has issued directives for preparedness for its international person... (full article)
CARE Welcomes Climate Change Bill, Calls for Increased Support for Poor Communities
JoDee Winterhof, vice president of policy and advocacy, issued the following statement in response to the Energy & Commerce Committee's approval of the American Clean Energy a... (full article)
State Department Reauthorization Bill to Prevent Child Marriage, Expand Opportunities for Girls
Thirty organizations commended House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and the House Foreign Affairs Committee for incorporating provisions to confront c... (full article)
U.S. Congress Considers Bold Legislation to Combat Child Marriage
More than twenty leading organizations lauded the introduction of legislation in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives to prevent child marriage in develo... (full article)
Order Your Copy of A Powerful Noise Today!
The acclaimed documentary, A Powerful Noise, takes you inside the lives of three women - a girls' education crusader from Mali, an HIV-positive widow from Vietnam and a peacem... (full article)
