- Crisis Response
CARE/UPS partnership delivers new system to speed aid in emergencies
The global supply chain is a necessity not just for consumer goods, but for humanitarian aid. For food, clean water, and hygiene kits to be delivered to those in need, when they need it, the supply chain has to be in good working order – even in parts of the world that may be difficult to access.
Read MoreSongs of home: preserving culture and hope in Ukraine
Looking like a cross between harp and guitar, the bandura is an instrument steeped in Ukrainian history and culture. For Diana Polishchuk, a Ukrainian refugee living in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki just upriver from Warsaw, Poland, playing bandura has become a way to process her feelings and her turbulent recent history, while giving others a poignant reminder of home.
Read MoreWafaa’s Story: “In my house, there is nothing at all”
Wafaa, a 41-year-old single mom, lives in an apartment in Lebanon with her three boys. They are at the center of many crises. The financial crisis came first. It began in 2019, and since then Lebanon’s currency has lost 99% of its value, and more than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line.This crisis — and then the 2020 port explosion — has only fueled an already dire hunger c
Read MoreBangladesh: In the world’s largest refugee camp, a “place of peace.”
Thousands of girls like Sufaira live in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The camps are not a healthy place for girls to grow up, which is why CARE Bangladesh runs 12 Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS), locally known as the “Shantikhana,” (literally: “place of peace”) across eight camps, the largest temporary home of refugees in the world.
Read MoreWar in the Breadbasket of Europe: Sergij’s Story
Sergij Koziura is a Ukrainian farmer in “the breadbasket of Europe.” Last year, the country exported six to seven million tons of grain per month, but since the war began, nearly 22 million tons of grain have been trapped inside the country, unable to get to port. The UN estimates that these disruptions have already driven 70 million people around the world closer to starvation. Sergij is at the c
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Ukraine: How to Stay Human in the War
After the war erupted in Ukraine last spring, Tetyana and her 12-year-old daughter slept underground for over two months, hoping they would not be forced to leave their home. Tamara, a psychologist working with a local organization supported by CARE, has been helping Tetyana and others like her to talk through their experiences of war.
Read MoreBeyond data: the power of listening
We deal with huge numbers all day in humanitarian and development work. Behind every single one of those numbers is a human—millions of humans—living a life and trying to deal with the challenges they are facing. They matter beyond the insight that mining their data can provide.
Read MoreFloods in Pakistan: “This is What the Climate Crisis Looks Like”
Since catastrophic monsoon rains submerged wide swaths of the country in flood waters, thousands of Pakistani families have been forced to flee, and more than 1,500 people have died. Experts say the situation for communities in flood-affected areas is getting worse by the day, particularly for women and girls like Mai and Zarbano, featured here. CARE officials are concerned the continuing damage w
Read MoreBangladesh: “Girls are fighting child marriage. And they’re winning.”
Anannya dreamed of playing soccer, but as a girl in a small village in Bangladesh, she says it was “unthinkable.” CARE’s Tipping Point program has worked to support girls and their families in areas like Pirgacha, Bangladesh as they push back against harmful social norms that push adolescent girls into child marriage.
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