AMMAN—(January 19, 2017)- The overwhelming scale, complexity and duration of the Syrian humanitarian catastrophe must not be allowed to frustrate efforts to reach everyone with the relief they need to survive and live with dignity.
Read MoreCARE teams are on the ground in hard-hit areas scaling up the response, which includes distributing hot meals, clean water, tarps and hygiene kits.PORT-AU-PRINCE (Oct. 10, 2016) — Six days after hurricane Matthew’s 145-mph winds, heavy rain and storm surges wreaked havoc in the southern part of Haiti, CARE is scaling up its response to
Read MoreCARE scaling up responsePORT AU PRINCE—(Oct. 7, 2016) Days after Hurricane Matthew tore through Haiti, the death toll continues to rise and thousands of Haitians are in need of emergency assistance.The southern part of Haiti took the biggest hit with some areas still cut off from the rest of the country.The Haitian government said the
Read MorePORT AU PRINCE—(Oct. 6, 2016) Hurricane Matthew battered Haiti, killing over 100 people, destroying some parts of the southern peninsula and leaving thousands of Haitians in need of emergency assistance. “The southern part of Haiti has been particularly heavy hit by Hurricane Matthew and is now cut off from the rest of the country,” said Jean-Michel
Read MoreAmman, 21 September 2016 - A UN convoy was hit by airstrikes in northwest Aleppo on Monday night, just a few days after yet another ceasefire agreement brokered by the U.S. and Russia, co-leads of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) was put in place between the different parties of the conflict, only to last
Read MoreCARE is there delivering lifesaving aid and defending the lives of families in crisis.
A truck convoy delivering humanitarian relief supplies was attacked overnight near Aleppo, Syria. The following statements come to us from our humanitarian relief partner in Syria and a CARE manager based in nearby Turkey.“After 7:00 P.M., airstrikes started bombing heavily and aid convoys were targeted. Many of the convoy’s trucks were destroyed, and even the
Read MoreSANA’A, Yemen—(August 14, 2016)-- Twelve aid agencies today called on the Saudi-led coalition to lift restrictions on Yemeni airspace in order to allow for the reopening of the country’s main airport, Sana’a International, and to allow humanitarian flights to resume.A spokesperson on behalf of the agencies said: “The closure of Yemen’s main airport, which serves
Read MoreAMMAN (July 26,2016) — More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an estimated 60,000 in the Manbij area, Syria, have been cut off from aid in the last three weeks, marking a shameful deterioration since the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) promised to open full access to aid across the country six months ago.While the ISSG meets
Read MoreKATHMANDU (May 13, 2015) – Little more than two weeks after Nepal’s worst earthquake in more than 80 years, the country was traumatized by a second deadly earthquake on May 12.CARE was in the process of scaling up its response in the remote Sindhupalchowk district at the time of the second earthquake.A CARE team was
Read MoreKathmandu, NEPAL (May 6, 2015) — Since the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, international aid agency CARE has reached nearly 11,000 people with food, emergency shelter and hygiene items, and is scaling up its response to reach 100,000 of the most vulnerable people, with a focus on the remote areas of Nepal, where many
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