Natural Disasters

10 crises to look out for in 2025

By CARE Staff • January 23, 2025

Every year, natural disasters and conflicts dominate the headlines around the world, but many equally devastating crises unfold in silence. For the ninth consecutive year, CARE’s reporting brings ten of the world’s most underreported crises into focus.

The hidden heroes of the climate crisis: How women are turning desperation into hope

By Emily Janoch & Florence Santos • October 1, 2024

See how women are leading adaptation efforts to combat the hunger and inequality made worse by climate change.

Somalia: Leading in mobile money technology

By Walter Mawere and Hillol Sobhan • June 10, 2024

Learn how mobile money transfer in Somalia has reached over 440,000 people in need with timely and safe access to humanitarian cash assistance.

Before the floods: How an early warning is saving lives in Bangladesh

By Kazi Rabeya Ame & Hillol Sobhan • May 28, 2024

Learn how people in northern Bangladesh have managed to mitigate flood-related losses by using an innovative early flood-warning system.

Fetching water in northern Ethiopia: A life and death struggle

By Sarah Easter & Hillol Sobhan • May 21, 2024

Learn how a solar-powered water pump is providing safe water to the people in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

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Small-scale farmers in Ethiopia: First came conflict, then devastating drought

By Sarah Easter & Hillol Sobhan • May 14, 2024

Learn how the small-scale farmers in Tigray, Ethiopia are benefiting from a restored irrigation system and now harvesting up to four times a year.

Floods in Pakistan: “This is What the Climate Crisis Looks Like”

By Travis Nichols and CARE Staff • September 26, 2022

Since catastrophic monsoon rains submerged wide swaths of the country in flood waters, thousands of Pakistani families have been forced to flee, and more than 1,500 people have died. Experts say the situation for communities in flood-affected areas is getting worse by the day, particularly for women and girls like Mai and Zarbano, featured here. CARE officials are concerned the continuing damage w

Q&A: Afghan aid worker shares how the U.S. should respond to the hunger crisis

By Dhabie Brown • August 12, 2022

Amid a global food security crisis, CARE’s latest research puts a spotlight on Afghanistan and the unique ways that women and girls are affected by food insecurity.

Somalia drought: “Climate change has been reality for us for a long time.”

By Sarah Easter • August 11, 2022

The global hunger crisis is worsening. While the war in Ukraine is causing food and gas prices to rise around the world, the effects of climate change are also becoming increasingly apparent – especially in countries of the Global South such as Somalia in East Africa.

Already Displaced, Winter Storms, Flooding and Hunger Threaten Millions in Syria

By CARE Staff • February 1, 2022

Jolien Veldwijk, CARE Syria Country Director, speaks about the harsh winter and flood conditions facing Syrians.

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