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By Whitney Ayres Kenerly • May 21, 2026
Crisis Response
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Who cares about survival? People like Maria do — fierce, determined, and full of courage.
Maria, 20, fled Sudan with her nine-month-old daughter, Imtias. For days, she walked and ran through bombs, fires, and gunshots, carrying her baby whenever she could. A thin cloth — her only possession — held Imtias tightly on Maria’s weakened body.
Read MoreWho cares about recovery? People like Hiba do — resilient, determined, and full of hope.
Hiba, 30, ran a small dairy and cheese farm outside Idlib, northwestern Syria. Since 2020, her work has provided modest income for herself and her four children. As a single mother, she often struggled with business losses she couldn't explain, but she kept going. Then, in February 2023, devastating earthquakes struck.
Read MoreAfghanistan earthquake 2025: What CARE is doing
A devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on August 31, 2025, killing at least 1,411 people and destroying over 5,400 homes. CARE is responding with emergency assistance including food, shelter, medical supplies, and protection programs for women and girls in the affected provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, and Nuristan.
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Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar: Resilience amid shrinking aid in the world’s largest refugee camp
Deepmala Mahla, CARE’s chief humanitarian officer, recently traveled to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — home to the world’s largest refugee camp sheltering nearly a million Rohingya people. On the eighth anniversary of the Rohingya crisis, she shares their stories of resilience and loss, along with the urgent need for global solidarity in one of the most complex humanitarian crises of our time.
Read MoreThe human cost of funding cuts: Lives and futures at risk in Somalia
Somalia is plunged into a devastating humanitarian catastrophe as critical funding cuts slash food aid and close health clinics. Families are starving, children are wasting away from severe malnutrition, and mothers are forced to walk miles just to find water. Without urgent support, millions face death, displacement, and shattered futures.
Read MoreÁnh’s inspiring journey: Building a food business as a woman entrepreneur in Vietnam
Ánh left her stable job to start TA House, a family-run food business in southern Vietnam. Despite early challenges, she became a successful woman entrepreneur thanks to CARE’s Strive Women program, which provided her training, mentoring, and a seed grant.
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