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GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territories (January 21, 2009) – In one of the first rapid assessments of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, a shocking 89 percent of respondents to a CARE survey indicated that they have not received any…
Almost half the population, which is struggling under the weight of runaway inflation and crippling food shortages, will be dependent on food aid by January 2009. But mass food distributions, which involve large gatherings of people, is a perfect conduit…
Congolese refugees flooding into transit camps in neighbouring Uganda desperately need food and emergency supplies, says CARE emergency staff in Matanda transit camp. CARE has already distributed 2,000 tarps in the camp, after more than 11,000 people…
The ongoing conflict in North Kivu is tearing families apart and leaving an increasing number of mothers to care for their children alone.
November 24, 2008 – On the eve of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, CARE staff report it is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG (November 9, 2008) – The launch of CARE’s Global Conference on Poverty comes at a time of increased suffering around the world, but also a time of hope – and of change.
Sexual violence in the DR Congo has reached “epidemic proportions”, and the new wave of heavy fighting is putting tens of thousands more women and young girls at risk, says CARE.
More than 250,000 persons have been affected by the escalation of violence in the North Kivu region, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
While a fragile ceasefire holds, CARE is distributing emergency supplies and providing cholera treatment for some of the thousands of people who are still taking refuge in Goma city.
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