News type: Press release

Urgent CARE packages of food and water will soon be on their way to communities devastated by Cyclone Pam on Tanna Island, in Vanuatu’s south.

Three days after cyclone Pam devastated the island state of Vanuatu, CARE International warns that many remote communities are still isolated and cut off from communications. „We are extremely concerned about the Southern Islands of Erromango, Tanna, Aniwa and Futuna as these were directly hit by cyclone Pam and people had limited protection from the storm.

Port Vila, March 13, 2015. With Tropical Cyclone Pam now upgraded to a Category Five system, the highest level, with sustained wind speeds of 260 kilometres an hour, CARE is mobilising emergency relief supplies to prepare for response in Vanuatu.

Humanitarian organization CARE has reached more than 600,000 South Sudanese affected by the conflict that began in the world’s newest nation in December 2013.

Governments must collaborate and commit to reduce the loss in lives and livelihoods due to disasters

As many as 2.5 million South Sudanese will be living in severe hunger in the next three months, according to figures released today by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), the key tool for monitoring the status of the food crisis in South Sudan.

GENEVA, Switzerland, 13 February, 2015 - Governments from around the world concluded their first, crucial climate talks of the year in Geneva today with ‘moderate’ signs of progress that they will agree a new climate deal in Paris in December.

Syrian refugees, fleeing violence in their homeland, have found their situation exacerbated following the onslaught of winter storm “Huda”, also referred to as “Zeina”.

A few days after typhoon Hagupit hit the Philippines, international aid agency CARE distributed food packs to almost 2,000 families in badly-hit villages in Eastern Samar, in coordination with local partners. In the coming days, a total of 3,500 families will have received emergency food rations.