Crisis Response
Ukraine’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.
Read MoreCARE in Sudan: Despite the fighting, lifesaving work continues
As the fighting in Sudan continues, the situation is increasingly dire for the civilian population. Despite these enormous challenges, CARE is continuing its lifesaving health, nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene work where it can.
Read More“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.
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CARE in Malawi: “We don’t wait until a cyclone hits to start taking action”
According to the UN, tropical cyclone Freddy displaced nearly 660,000 people in southern Malawi and killed 676. Another 537 are still missing. We spoke with Laura Criado Lafuente, Deputy Country Director of Programs for CARE Malawi, on how the organization is delivering aid amid this emergency and how women and girls are particularly impacted.
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 MoreSyria: The things they went back for
A mortar and pestle. A ring. A notebook. A colored pencil. A baseball. Coffee cups. Clothes their daughter would have worn, had she lived. The earthquakes hit Turkiye and Syria on February 6, and these are just a few of the things Ammar, Qasem, Amira, Shams, and Mohammed rescued from the rubble in the days afterward.
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