Crisis Response
Afghanistan earthquake 2025: What CARE is doing
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.
Read MoreRohingya in Cox’s Bazar: Resilience amid shrinking aid in the world’s largest refugee camp
Deepmala Mahla, CARE’s chief humanitarian officer, recently traveled to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — home to the world’s largest refugee camp sheltering nearly a million Rohingya people. On the eighth anniversary of the Rohingya crisis, she shares their stories of resilience and loss, along with the urgent need for global solidarity in one of the most complex humanitarian crises of our time.
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The human cost of funding cuts: Lives and futures at risk in Somalia
Somalia is plunged into a devastating humanitarian catastrophe as critical funding cuts slash food aid and close health clinics. Families are starving, children are wasting away from severe malnutrition, and mothers are forced to walk miles just to find water. Without urgent support, millions face death, displacement, and shattered futures.
Read MoreNo place like home: Bearing witness in the DRC
Over 6.9 million people have been forced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, creating Africa’s largest displacement crisis. CARE’s Deepmala Mahla shares moving stories of women and families enduring violence, hunger, and loss — yet showing remarkable resilience as they rebuild their lives.
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