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One Family’s Close Call During Beirut’s Deadly Explosions Motivated Them to Help Rebuild

By CARE Staff • August 7, 2020

A father, daughter and dozens of others from their nearby town drive in daily offering food and other support.

The Beirut Explosions Destroyed This Woman’s Home and Business in an Instant

By CARE Staff • August 7, 2020

Grocer Siham Tekian lived through the Lebanon War and says she’s “never seen something of this magnitude.”

Massive Explosions Devastate Beirut

By Katherine Cadwallader • August 6, 2020

Deadly double blasts obliterate the city’s port and country’s tenuous food supply.

How a Women’s Savings Group in Niger Came Together to Supply More than 10,000 Masks

July 17, 2020

After their jobs disappeared due to coronavirus, savings group president Aïchatou Cheitou helped focus the group on mask and soap production and started a mutual aid program to ensure families in her community had enough to eat.

Forced to Close by COVID-19, This Iraqi Mother Hopes to Reopen Her Small Business

July 15, 2020

Khonaf dreams of returning to work so she can continue to provide support for her children's education.

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BREAKING: Syrians Lose Aid Access as COVID-19 Moves In

By Ellen Carmichael • July 13, 2020

Humanitarian aid access to Northwest Syria has been reduced, leaving vulnerable lives on the line amid conflict and a global health pandemic.

Locust Swarms of ‘Biblical Proportions’ Put Millions at Risk of Starvation

By Jacky Habib • June 26, 2020

Billions of locusts are swarming fragile regions around the world, destroying crops and threatening critical food supplies for millions of people.

Iman: ‘I am a Refugee’

By CARE Staff • June 16, 2020

Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, CARE’s Global Advocate shares her personal story of becoming a refugee at 16 to draw attention to the particular threat COVID-19 poses to the most vulnerable, including refugees and the forcibly displaced.

From Crisis to Crisis: Why Some Venezuelan Refugees are Heading Home

By Jacky Habib and Kate Adelung • June 15, 2020

After fleeing Venezuela’s humanitarian catastrophe and seeking refuge in Ecuador, Roselin plans to return to Venezuela as coronavirus ravages the region.

How the World’s Largest Refugee Camp is Coping during the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Jacky Habib and Brooks Lee • June 15, 2020

Jamanida, a mother and Rohingya refugee, fled violence to seek refuge in the world’s biggest refugee camp. Now, living in an overcrowded and under-resourced camp, she’s doing her best to take precautions against contracting COVID-19.

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