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WABE: “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).
Read MoreABC (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: CARE is among relief agencies mentioned for Hurricane Melissa
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: CARE included in the ‘How to Help’ list for 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: CARE’s Jonathan Arogeti on 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.
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AJC: Opinion piece co-authored by CARE’s president and CEO Michelle Nunn
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.
Read MoreUSA Today: CARE’s Beckie Ryan is quoted in an article that visualizes the war in Gaza
On the two-year commemoration of the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, USA Today printed a story and a visualization on the damage and death caused by the conflict. CARE is one of the aid agencies quoted in this article.
Read MoreNext Billion: CARE’s Koheun Lee on how to build a women-centered design GPT
Koheun Lee, Human-Centered Program Manager for CARE's Strive Women program, pens an insightful blog that that discusses how ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) often reinforce societal bias and perpetuate harmful stereotypes. After highlighting lessons learned from a women-centered design experiment, she discusses how to mitigate biases in existing GPTs.
Read MoreDevex: Michelle Nunn at UNGA on how to speak about aid
CARE's CEO Michelle Nunn spoke at a Devex event during the UN General Assembly (UNGA80). She reflected on this moment in history, and shared her thoughts on how people in the aid sector speak about the work they do, on the need to move away from technical language and to connect to a wider audience.
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