Crisis Response
GPB: Humanitarian effort in Ukraine looks toward long haul
Georgians are responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine in many different ways, from homespun fundraisers and rallies to multinational efforts. One of the largest Georgia-based organizations dispatching workers to Eastern Europe is CARE USA.
Read More#LighttheWorld initiative raises more than $625,000 during the 2021 holiday season to help those in need through CARE programs around the world.
CARE announced today that #LighttheWorld, a global campaign organized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had raised more than $625,000 during the 2021 holiday season for CARE programs that fight hunger and provide life-saving resources.
Read MoreNow into their Eighth Year of War, 19 million Yemenis, including 2.2 million children under the age of five, will be facing hunger
Tomorrow the people of Yemen will enter their eighth year of living in a country in active conflict. Over the period of 2,555 days and nights, Yemenis have been experiencing a deteriorating economic hardship and loss of income, displacement and a daily struggle to meet their most basic needs.
Read MoreCNN: How aid organizations are responding to the crisis in Ukraine — inside the country, at the border and beyond
In the parking lot of a refugee reception center just inside Poland, Ukrainian women spoke last week with a bus driver as aid worker Chris Skopec stood nearby. "It looks like I'm going to Germany," one of the war refugees told Skopec as she laughed hysterically. "How ridiculous is that?"
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Drought in Somalia is Forcing Families to Make Harsh Choices
Under the blistering heat, and being heavy with child, 28-year-old Amina walked over 100 kilometers for 11 days with her children as life at home had become unbearable. This was as a result of losing all their 50 cows and 30 goats, their family’s sole source of livelihood, due to the ongoing drought in Somalia. Amina found refuge at an Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in Lower Juba and has
Read MoreFears for the plight of around 100,000 children living in institutions across Ukraine, unable to escape the conflict
CARE International and its Romanian partners are extremely worried for the 100,000 children currently living in institutions in Ukraine who have been largely forgotten during this crisis and remain trapped inside the country. According to Bogdan Simion, Executive Director of CARE’s partner SERA and President of the Romanian Federation of Child Protection NGOs (FONPC): “These young boys and girls a
Read MoreUkraine war: “Bombs on a maternity and children’s hospital are utterly unacceptable”
As the war in Ukraine enters its third week this Thursday, the humanitarian organization CARE International is deeply worried about the protection of civilians caught in the cross fire. “Over the past two weeks, there have been numerous reports of impacts on civilian infrastructure, most recently even on a maternity and pediatric hospital”, says CARE’s humanitarian advocacy coordinator Delphine Pi
Read MoreUkraine crisis increases risk of trafficking, exploitation and maternal deaths, CARE warns
In just a few days, the violence in Ukraine has displaced more than four million people. Many have chosen to leave for Poland, but faced with the massive arrival of refugees, the borders are saturated. Many have therefore decided to turn south to find refuge in Romania. NGO CARE and its Romanian partner SERA are on the ground at the Isaccea border crossing preparing to provide assistance.
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