Kathmandu, NEPAL (April 28, 2015) — International aid agency CARE plans to distribute emergency shelter and hygiene kits this week to nearly 2,500 vulnerable people impacted by the earthquake in Nepal. Distribution of 250 kits are planned Wednesday in Gorkha, a rural area near the epicenter where it’s estimated that up to 80 percent of the homes
Read MoreA 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal at 11:46am local time. The epicenter of the earthquake struck in an area between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara. CARE’s humanitarian workers on the ground in Nepal are currently assessing the situation and determining immediate needs.
Read MoreCARE launches urgent appeal for funds as death toll in Nepal rises. KATHMANDU, Nepal-(April 26, 2015)—Humanitarian organization CARE is responding to a devastating earthquake that struck between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara yesterday.The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake is at over 1800, and expected to continue rising, with hundreds of thousands
Read MoreThe international community must urgently change its approach to Gaza and deliver on promises of reconstruction, 46 agencies said today in a new report on the lack of progress since last year's conflict. Six months since donors pledged $3.5 billion towards Gaza's recovery, many people are worse off and not a single one of the 19,000
Read MoreJUBA, South Sudan (March 10, 2015) - Humanitarian organization CARE has reached more than 600,000 South Sudanese people affected by the conflict that began in the world’s newest nation in December 2013.Working across South Sudan’s three hardest-hit States of Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei, CARE is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene services and education, in addition
Read MoreCARE is there delivering lifesaving aid and defending the lives of families in crisis.
PORT-AU-PRINCE - (Jan. 12, 2015) — Five years after a deadly earthquake left an already impoverished nation in complete devastation, the rebuilding effort in Haiti has made significant progress, even as the disaster-prone country continues to face serious challenges.
Read MoreTen years ago, the global community faced what was one of the biggest tests of humanitarianism in recent history. On Dec. 26, 2004, an earthquake rumbled off the coast of Indonesia, triggering a series of devastating tsunamis that struck 14 countries across the Indian Ocean.
Read MoreWith harvesting season approaching, CARE has called for urgent action to reduce needless deaths from hunger and malnutrition. JUBA, South Sudan—(September 24, 2014)-- With the beginning of South Sudan’s harvesting season just weeks away, aid organization CARE says time is now critical for the global community to help prevent thousands of needless deaths due to hunger
Read MoreATLANTA — Six months after Typhoon Haiyan slammed the central Philippines, the global humanitarian organization CARE is expanding its efforts to help survivors rebuild their homes and livelihoods. "Some good strides have been made in the transition from an emergency to early recovery phase,” says Lex Kassenberg, CARE’s country director in the Philippines.
Read MoreJUBA (Feb. 17, 2014) – The South Sudan crisis will worsen unless relief organizations are able to deliver supplies before being cut off by the approaching rainy season, the humanitarian group CARE warned this week.“The United Nations has activated the highest level of emergency for South Sudan and warned of a possible famine in 2015,”
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