Emergency Response

Funding cuts close the last door to healthcare in frontline Ukraine

By Sarah Easter and Becca Mountain • November 20, 2025

As international funding declines, CARE’s mobile health units in Ukraine are struggling to cope. Their disappearance puts older people, disabled patients, and families near the frontline at immediate risk.

CARE ready to deliver emergency packages in Gaza

By CARE Staff • October 23, 2025

After two years of siege and a fragile ceasefire, CARE is bringing relief to families in Gaza suffering from hunger and displacement. Building on a legacy that began in 1948, CARE's team continues delivering food, water, medical care, and hope through modern CARE PACKAGES® to communities who have lost everything.

2025 Pakistan monsoon floods impact millions: CARE launches emergency response

By Hillol Sobhan and CARE Staff • September 22, 2025

Since June 26, 2025, devastating monsoon floods have claimed over 1,000 lives across Pakistan and caused massive destruction to homes, roads, and critical infrastructure. In response, CARE Pakistan and its partners are delivering urgent assistance, including shelter kits, hygiene kits, food packs, and non-food items, alongside cash support assessments to help affected families meet their immediate

Afghanistan earthquake 2025: What CARE is doing

By Hillol Sobhan • September 2, 2025

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.

When the river overflowed: Stories of mothers in the Philippines

By Jennifer Anne Mendoza • August 27, 2025

Severe Tropical Storm Wipha forced thousands into crowded evacuation centers. For mothers Maribel and Claudine, the rains washed away not only their homes but also their sense of safety and stability.

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Famine in Gaza: What you need to know now

By Becca Mountain and CARE Staff • July 31, 2025

Gaza is facing a manmade famine in 2025, with rising starvation and blocked aid. Learn what’s happening, what’s causing it, and how it can be stopped.

Poisoned rivers: The fight for dignity in northern Ecuador

By Ramiro Urbino and Cristina Gordon, Fundación Lunita Lunera • June 12, 2025

An oil spill in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas region poisoned rivers and destroyed livelihoods. CARE and local women-led partners have responded with emergency support while advancing dignity and resilience.

CARE staff in Gaza: hunger, grief, and relentless danger

By Becca Mountain • May 28, 2025

In Gaza, CARE’s staff face the same hunger, danger, and grief as those they serve. They continue their lifesaving work even as their own families are displaced and at risk.

Fleeing Sudan, praying that both mother and baby will live

By Sarah Easter • February 28, 2025

Fleeing violence in Sudan, Mariam seeks refuge in Chad with her injured husband and infant son. Supported by CARE, a local health center struggles to provide critical care as refugees pour in.

Leaving Ukraine

By Jakub Mejer • February 20, 2025

Luba made the heart-wrenching decision to leave her home in Ukraine, carrying her baby, Romchik, to safety in Poland. Her journey is part of a new wave of Ukrainian refugees seeking aid as the conflict intensifies. With CARE Poland and local partners, she found the support she needed to start anew.

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