News type: Press release

ATLANTA, Ga. (April 5, 2010) – CARE is scaling up its response to help those affected by the post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire that has besieged the country for months.

CARE voices concerns about the risks of sexual violence and exploitation among Ivorian refugees arriving in Liberia. Prevention must be part of the first emergency response.

CARE Japan is sending a convoy of three vehicles packed with relief items to the destroyed area of Iwate prefecture in North Japan to assist people affected by the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday.

CARE Japan will assist the ongoing emergency response in Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami.

A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan this morning. It unleashed a major tsunami which has caused major damage in the country.

The political protests and violent crackdown in Libya has caused nearly 250,000 people to flee, mainly into neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, and to a lesser degree into Niger.

CARE warns that the mostly forgotten crisis in Côte d’Ivoire has the potential of escalating into a regional humanitarian disaster unless a larger-scale aid effort is put into place.

While the floodwaters and heavy rains that began in December last year have largely ceased, over a million Sri Lankans now face the difficult task of recovering from the devastation caused to their property and livelihoods.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 28, 2011) – 100 days after the first confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti, CARE continues to step up the emergency response in rural areas where death rates are alarmingly high and access to prevention and treatment still difficult.