BRAZIL CARE assists brazilians left homeless by floods and landslides
The rain in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro began late on Wednesday, January 12th, and in a few hours had left over 650 dead and thousands homeless in eight counties.
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SRI LANKA Response to deadly floods
CARE has provided urgently needed food and emergency supplies to 6,000 people in flood-ravaged Sri Lanka and we are rapidly scaling up our response.
HAITI Recovery People Perspective and Perseverance
PORT-AU-PRINCE (January 11, 2011) – When the earth shook in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a humanitarian catastrophe without precedent followed. The earthquake hit Haiti in the heart, claiming more than 220,000 lives and destroying over 188,000 buildings. And…
COP16 Countries scramble for scarce funding in Cancun
After the first days of the climate change conference in Cancún, CARE International fears that people least responsible but hardest hit by the impacts of climate change will be left empty handed.
COP16 Japan must not wipe Kyoto off its own map
The focus of discussion today will be on Japan. Yesterday, as the UNFCCC climate change negotiations began, Japan said that it does not want to support a second commitment period under the Kyoto protocol. The second commitment
HAITI CARE addresses Haitis vulnerability beyond the current epidemic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 22, 2010) – As the cholera epidemic in Haiti continues to spread with lethal speed, CARE International stresses the need for a joint and long-term effort by the Haitian government and international partners to tackle the…
HAITI CARE steps up Haiti response as cholera cases surge
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 11, 2010) – Haiti’s government reports a sharp increase in the number of Haitians killed and hospitalized by an outbreak of cholera. According to Haiti’s Ministry of Health, 11,125 people have been hospitalized with…
HAITI CARE Assists Haitian Response to Hurricane Tomas
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 8, 2010) – Hurricane Tomas passed immediately west of Haiti Friday, bringing hurricane-force winds and several inches of rain to a country where more than 1.2 million remain without permanent shelter since January's…
HAITI CARE Helps Haitians Prepare for Tropical Storm Tomas
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (November 4, 2010) – In the wake of January’s earthquake and an ongoing cholera outbreak, CARE has joined the people of Haiti this week in shifting attention to a third threat: Tropical Storm Tomas.