News & Stories

Meet the woman helping light up Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp

By Jacky Habib · March 21, 2023

Lucy is one of the only women solar technicians in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, which together with the nearby Kalobeyei settlement hosts 249,000 refugees from 24 nationalities. Like Lucy, some of these refugees have fled conflict, insecurity, disasters, or threats of persecution; others were born in the camp.

CARE to Congress: Invest in Women and They Will Do the Rest

By Reid Davis · March 17, 2023

On International Women’s Day 2023, 40 CARE volunteer advocates from 17 U.S. states and four countries are meeting with senators and representatives to advocate for CARE’s priorities on behalf of women, girls, and other people in need around the world. The timing of their advocacy could not have been more perfect to bring the FY24 International Affairs Budget to the forefront of leaders’ minds.

Tropical Storm Freddy results in devastating floods, destruction, and death in Mozambique and Malawi

March 16, 2023

12 years on: Challenges caused by the Syrian conflict show no signs of abating

March 15, 2023

Twelve years later, the conflict in Syria that erupted in March 2011 has killed approximately 300,000 civilians, displaced more than 13 million people, and made the majority of the population in need of humanitarian assistance.

The remarkable life of Bushra Aldukhainah: A story from Northern Yemen

By Bushra Aldukhainah, with Hillol Sobhan · March 14, 2023

I was born and raised in highly conservative Northern Yemen, where a girl usually does not tread beyond primary school, where a girl must learn to prioritize household chores above everything, where a girl normally gets married at a very tender age, and where it is highly unlikely for a woman to chalk out a professional career.