Conflict
“Even here, we are not safe”: Refugees in Chad face extreme hardship as conflict continues in Sudan
What is happening in Sudan continues to affect the wider region. Sudanese refugees still face extreme hardships once they arrive in Chad. The humanitarian crisis has affected over 3.3 million people, with women and children suffering the most.
Read MoreCARE in Sudan: Providing lifesaving health care in one of the world’s most dangerous environments
During the war in Sudan that began on April 15, 2023, health services were severely disrupted, with medical facilities looted and destroyed. CARE Sudan has been working under extreme conditions to provide rapid support essential health and nutrition services.
Read More“Art is another way to reach people”: Melissa Cornet’s drawings from Afghanistan
Mélissa Cornet has spent the last five years living in Kabul and working for different humanitarian groups in Afghanistan. She was witnessing the changes in real time and, she realized, she could document this historic time through her art. So she picked up a pen and started drawing.
Read MoreUkraine’s unnatural disaster: What the Kakhovka dam collapse means for the region
As soon as the news of what officials are already calling one of the largest man-made European disasters in decades, CARE began coordinating its response to bring relief to those affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
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“I know how difficult it is to look for shelter”: A day in the life of a humanitarian shelter advisor in Ukraine
Omer is a Shelter Advisor for CARE Ukraine, offering technical advice and expertise in relation to the shelter response in conflict-affected parts of the country. Here, he talks to CARE about his motivation for working in the shelter sector, his work in Ukraine and why dignified shelter is more important now than ever.
Read MoreDemocratic Republic of Congo: Escalating conflict leaves already traumatized survivors in dire need
In the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, villages have been left empty, farms are overgrown, and shopping centers are desolate as conflict rages on. Since March 2022, more than 600,000 people have fled their homes and sought refuge in collective centers such as makeshift camps, school yards, and church grounds in Nyiragongo, Kanyabayonga, Sake, and Goma.
Read MoreUkraine: Meet the Volunteers Risking Their Lives to Deliver Aid to People in Need
Maria works as a project manager in Lviv, 40 miles from the Polish border. But she also risks her life to deliver daily necessities to Ukrainians more heavily hit by fighting. Together with 14 other drivers, the students deliver food, clean drinking water, medicine, hygiene products, and other daily necessities to people in need.
Read More‘It is beautiful work.’ The only doctor in a remote Sudanese village tells her story
Dr. Gisma Awad Hassan Rwah, the only doctor near the Sudanese village of Gorlangbang, navigates the country’s ongoing military conflict in order to treat patients in a mountain-top clinic without electricity and accessible only by donkey.
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