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Momentum is building for gender equity as today more than one hundred women from Asia and around the world voiced a call for gender justice to be included in the next international climate agreement. The demonstration took place outside the current

INDONESIA (October 1, 2009) – CARE Indonesia emergency team members have deployed to the earthquake-stricken city of Padang, which was hit by another massive quake today. CARE is part of a joint assessment team with government departments, other aid…

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 30, 2009) – CARE’s emergency team in Indonesia is on standby after a massive quake struck the coast of Sumatra earlier today. The quake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck near the city of Padang, the same area that…

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 30, 2009) – CARE International today applauded the unanimous adoption of a new UN Security Council resolution to fight sexual violence in armed conflict.

CARE emergency teams in Vietnam and Laos are responding after Typhoon Ketsana slammed into mainland Asia yesterday, the worst typhoon the region has seen in decades. CARE’s emergency response continues in the Philippines, helping some of the nearly two…

CARE emergency teams in Vietnam and Laos are preparing to respond as the deadly Typhoon Ketsana continues its path towards mainland Asia. The typhoon, which killed 140 people and left more than 150,000 homeless in the Philippines over the weekend, is…

As a prolonged drought ravages communities in the Horn of Africa, destroying crops, killing livestock and leaving more than 20 million people in need of emergency food assistance, CARE is warning that the international community must act now or risk a…

Zimbabwe experienced the worst that it ever had cholera outbreak between August 2008 and June 2009, with over 100,000 reported cases and 4,287 deaths recorded with an average fatality rate of 4.3 percent. During the last outbreak cholera was also spread…

On the inaugural World Humanitarian Day tomorrow, CARE International pays tribute to humanitarian workers for their ongoing commitment to helping the poorest and most vulnerable around the world.