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CARE: Don’t Use Life-Saving Programs as Bargaining Chip in Palestinian Territories
WASHINGTON -- CARE, the global humanitarian and development organization, is deeply concerned by reports that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will lay off more than half its staff in the West Bank and Gaza in the coming weeks, with the intention of permanently closing its operations next year. In August, the US administration announced
Read MoreA Family Faces Ebola in a Conflict Zone
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, aid workers are confronting the tenth Ebola outbreak in the country’s history, but the first-ever in a conflict zone. The number of infected is rising at an alarming rate and at least 289 people have died since August.
Read MoreRebuilding a Life Nearly Lost to Ebola
Nadej, 18, lives with her one-year-old daughter and seven-month-old son in a mud hut surrounded by farmlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their home is about an hour from Beni, the epicenter of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak. In August, Nadej was infected with Ebola.
Read MoreHow Menstrual Cups are Helping Build Confidence Among Refugee Girls in Uganda
Two bedsheets and two sets of clothes. That’s all 20-year-old Viola Jackline was able to take with her on her arduous two-week trek by foot from South Sudan to Uganda. Violence in South Sudan drove Viola, her three siblings and their grandmother from their home.
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