- Crisis Response
CBC: CARE’s Country Director Reiza Dejito on super typhoon’s impact
Super typhoon Fund-Wong is yet another disaster to hit the Philippines, the 21st calamity this year alone. Reiza Dejito, CARE's Country Director in the Philippines, spoke to CBC Canada about the impact of this super typhoon on a population that is still reeling from multiple emergencies.
Read MoreSystem Catalysts Podcast: “Why Foreign Aid Helps America”
CARE's President and CEO Michelle Nunn spoke to English Sall, co-host of the System Catalysts podcast, a show where activists, philanthropists, and change makers discuss ways to improve the systems that run the world. Michelle was joined in this conversation by Richard Stengel, CARE’s Co-Chair.
Read MoreWABE: “CARE working with Caribbean organizations to provide Hurricane Melissa relief”
Jonathan Arogeti, CARE's Caribbean Humanitarian Response Lead, spoke to WABE - NPR's affiliate in the Atlanta region - about relief efforts in Jamaica and other countries impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Arogeti explained how CARE in Jamaica is responding to the devastating impact of the hurricane in partnership with the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers (JNRWP).
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ABC (Australia): CARE’s Haiti Country Director on impacts of Hurricane Melissa
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that made landfall in Jamaica on October 28, CARE's Country Director in Haiti Martin Dickler, spoke to ABC News about the hurricane's impact on the island, a nation that is already experiencing multiple crises resulting in acute hunger, displacement, and insecurity.
Read MoreUSA Today: “Hurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc in the Caribbean. Here’s how you can help.”
Hurricane Melissa has brought widespread havoc to the Caribbean and caused at least 25 deaths in Haiti, and 8 in Jamaica. CARE is among the aid agencies mentioned by USA Today that is responding to this Category 5 hurricane.
Read MoreTIME: “How to Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Melissa”
Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane and one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, has made a landfall in Jamaica and is threatening other countries in the Caribbean. CARE is one of the organizations highlighted in TIMEs magazine How to Help list for responding to this humanitarian emergency.
Read MoreAccuweather: “How humanitarian organizations are already helping victims of Hurricane Melissa”
Jonathan Arogeti, CARE's Emergency Response Lead in the Caribbean, spoke to Accuweather on how CARE and its partners on the ground in Jamaica were preparing ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall. CARE has been prepositioning first aid and hygiene supplies; emergency food rations; clean water; water treatment kits; and shelter supplies.
Read MoreAJC: “Here’s why global development and humanitarian assistance matter to Georgia”
CARE's president and CEO Michelle Nunn, co-authored an opinion piece together with Dr. Adam N. Stulberg, chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech, on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on the importance of global development and humanitarian assistance in Georgia.
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