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7 things you should know about the Gaza crisis right now

By CARE Staff • December 20, 2023

Gaza is suffering from intense violence, displacement, infrastructure destruction, and severe health challenges. What you need to know & how you can help.

CARE US on International Day of Human Solidarity: Violence Against Women & Girls Demands Accountability

December 19, 2023

Today on International Day of Human Solidarity, CARE stands with women and girls everywhere and condemns all acts of violence against women and girls in the strongest terms, including sexual violence and rape.

Meet the organic compost celebrities of northern Bangladesh

By Sarah Easter and Hillol Sobhan • December 19, 2023

Learn how an entrepreneur couple - Radhika and Mohine - is helping promote organic agriculture in rural Bangladesh and inspiring others, with their successful compost business.

A letter from a mother in Gaza

By Alaa, with Johanna Wynn Mitschlerlich • December 11, 2023

When the war started on October 7, I was getting my children ready to go to the kindergarten and school. I had just put their little jackets and shoes on when we heard the first airstrikes hit. We only had minutes to pack our things.

Where climate loss and damage means life and death

By Travis Nichols & CARE staff • December 11, 2023

At COP28, world leaders are talking about climate "loss and damage" while the people of Somalia are living it.

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“My name is Madame Aichatou Mounkaila. I come from Niger”

By Aichatou Mounkaila, as told to Michael de Vulpillieres • December 4, 2023

Aichatou Mounkaila has spent the last 20 years of her life supporting and empowering women and girls in Niger. She recently spoke at the United Nations.

Sudan: farming during wartime

By Shakir Elhassan • December 1, 2023

In East Darfur, women and girls still largely earn a living through agriculture, working hard on land owned by their families to produce food and cash crops. Yet they often see few of the proceeds when crops are sold. Their agricultural fortunes have begun to change through a CARE Sudan program which helps women establish vegetable gardens for both food and income, and has also assisted herders wi

Truce in Gaza: Time to breathe, time to mourn

By Johanna Wynn Mitscherlich • November 29, 2023

People in the war-stricken Gaza Strip experienced a weekend of relative calm after a four-day pause in the fighting, later extended to six days, went into effect early Friday, Nov. 24. After 50 days of constant bombardment, this provides temporary relief from the violence and destruction since early October.

Days without water in Gaza, nights of darkness and fear

By Travis Nichols & CARE staff • November 21, 2023

15 liters of water per person per day is "an absolute minimum.” But today in Gaza, tens of thousands in cramped shelters are given much less than that, if any at all, for drinking and personal hygiene.

Meet Fatima, the 110-year-old financial ‘mother’ of Greater Cairo

By Sarah Arafat • November 20, 2023

Fatima is a 110-year-old Sudanese mother of seven and grandmother of many more. This is her inspiring journey to hope and economic empowerment.

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