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Afghanistan: CARE mobile health teams on the ground assisting earthquake survivors

June 24, 2022

CARE Afghanistan deployed three mobile health teams Wednesday morning (June 22) to Khost and Paktika provinces, immediately following the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that is estimated to have killed between 770 and 1,000 people, left thousands more injured and destroyed homes and livelihoods.

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Video: Somalia hit hard by the effects of climate change

By CARE Staff · June 16, 2022

Walter Mawere, CARE Somalia Communications and Advocacy Coordinator, reports on the extreme weather events happening in Somalia and the catastrophic humanitarian consequences.

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Ukraine: Lviv and Kyiv – Lively everyday life vs. ghost town

By Sarah Easter · June 9, 2022

Lviv, in west Ukraine, normally has 800,000 inhabitants, but many more are now there seeking refuge. Most do not know how long they can stay and whether they might have better prospects in a neighboring country.

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Dispatches from Lviv: Displaced women share their stories

By CARE Staff · June 9, 2022

More than 6.8 million people in Ukraine have fled to neighboring countries since the conflict began, and more than 8 million have been internally displaced. All these people, most of them women and children, need support and protection.

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Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

By Suzy Sainovsky and Reid Davis · June 3, 2022

In Afghanistan, most schools closed as the country’s government changed in August 2021. Over the following months they gradually opened for boys in all grades, but girls above grade six have been home for nearly 10 months.

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Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

By Suzy Sainovsky and Reid Davis · May 27, 2022

Since the change in Afghanistan’s government, which resulted in the dissolution of the country’s Ministry for Women’s Affairs, the CARE-funded Kabul Women’s Association has served an increasingly important role.

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Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

By Sarah Easter · May 18, 2022

Ghena and Hanan currently have to spend the equivalent of 11 euros to buy three liters of cooking oil -- three euros more than six weeks ago. The effects of the war in Ukraine have now also reached Jordan. This means only one thing after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: further fear for their income.

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CARE provides lifesaving mobile healthcare to vulnerable Afghans

By Mirwais Nasery · May 12, 2022

“I am eight months pregnant, but this is the first time I'm seeing a doctor,” says Belqees*, 28, at a CARE mobile health clinic in Balkh province, northern Afghanistan. Like many women, Belqees either lives too far from a public hospital or cannot afford the transportation costs, and the cost of attending a private clinic puts that option out of reach

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Syria literacy program: “The first word I read was my daughter’s name”

By Zenab Baga · May 4, 2022

Before the war began in Syria, Maha*, 50, never imagined she would have the chance at an education. Thanks to changing gender roles and a literacy program offered by CARE, her dream has come true. She “feels alive.”

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Photos: CARE and partners in Poland welcome Ukrainian refugees

By Laura Noel and CARE Staff · April 15, 2022

More than 4.7 million people have fled Ukraine due to the war. CARE and its partners are responding with much-needed cash assistance, food, and shelter.

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Video: Somalia hit hard by the effects of climate change

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Ukraine: Lviv and Kyiv – Lively everyday life vs. ghost town

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Dispatches from Lviv: Displaced women share their stories

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Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

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Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

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Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

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CARE provides lifesaving mobile healthcare to vulnerable Afghans

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Syria literacy program: “The first word I read was my daughter’s name”

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Photos: CARE and partners in Poland welcome Ukrainian refugees

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Middle East North Africa and Europe

Press Releases

Afghanistan: CARE mobile health teams on the ground assisting earthquake survivors

News

Video: Somalia hit hard by the effects of climate change

News

Ukraine: Lviv and Kyiv – Lively everyday life vs. ghost town

News

Dispatches from Lviv: Displaced women share their stories

Ideas

Women, girls in Afghanistan hope for the return of education for all

Ideas

Kabul Women’s Association builds gender equality at a grassroots level

News

Refugees in Jordan feeling the effects of Ukraine conflict

Ideas

CARE provides lifesaving mobile healthcare to vulnerable Afghans

Ideas

Syria literacy program: “The first word I read was my daughter’s name”

News

Photos: CARE and partners in Poland welcome Ukrainian refugees

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