News type: Press release

 

Communities bend, they do not break in the face of disaster and climate change

In the advent of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), CARE releases a new publication, We Bend, We Do Not Break. The publication features some of the poorest and marginalized who have become leaders in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This publication features inspirational stories of resilience from protagonists on the ground in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Guatemala, Mali, Philippines, and Uganda.

 

As Cyclone Fani makes landfall CARE is set to respond

Cyclone Fani has made landfall along the coast of Odisha in eastern India. Nineteen districts of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are likely to be hit as the storm is set to intensify over the next few hours. Around 800,000 people from 11 districts of Odisha have already been evacuated to 880 shelters, and disaster response authority personnel have been deployed.