News type: Press release

 

HAITI Earthquake Three Years Later CARE Banks on Women in Recovery

Port-Au-Prince (January 10, 2013): Three years after a deadly earthquake devastated Haiti, a web of political gridlock, donor fatigue and chaotic property laws continues to stall rebuilding in one of the world’s poorest countries. But the humanitarian organization CARE is working to remove another, oft-overlooked barrier — lack of participation by women — as a way to strengthen recovery efforts and build a better foundation for the future.

 

MYANMAR CARE distributing humanitarian aid following outbreaks of violence

6 December 2012 -- CARE is responding to the humanitarian needs in Rakhine State, Myanmar, where more than 100,000 people have been left homeless following two outbreaks of violence between Rohingya and Rakhine groups. Violence first broke out on 28 May, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency. The disturbance left 87 people dead, 120 injured and 5,000 houses damaged and uninhabitable.

 

DR CONGO Reaching survivors of sexual violence

As the ongoing fighting between the Congolese Army and armed rebel groups has escalated in the Eastern province of North Kivu, the international humanitarian organization CARE warns that many cases of sexual and gender-based violence cannot be reported and treated due to the deteriorating security for humanitarian actors on the ground.