Impact stories

At the end of the first day, the World Humanitarian Summit mostly achieved its aims.

Water is something that many of us in the developed world have the luxury to take for granted. It is available, on tap, hot and cold, 24/7, any given day of the week. But in the countries of Southern Africa affected by the El Niño weather phenomenon it…

Over the past five years CARE has invested significantly in working on gender in emergencies. A new report demonstrates CARE’s progress on this work, and highlights the impact and importance of gender sensitive and equality approaches for ensuring that…

Cambodia is experiencing its worst drought in over 50 years. In Koh Kong province, where CARE has worked for many years, it has barely rained since late 2015 and water supplies are scarce, particularly where seawater inundation is contaminating water…

From afar, the Southern African countries of Madagascar and Malawi will not figure in conversations about the disasters affecting the world. When I told people I was going there on an emergency response deployment they looked at me baffled and asked ‘why…

55 year old Ibrahim has always been an industrious and successful farmer; his large iron roofed house is a proud testament to this. But in Malawi’s southern-most district of Nsanje - where Ibrahim lives - Mother Nature acts as a cruel leveler; no one is…

CARE urges world leaders to come to Istanbul and agree on key actions to avoid a global humanitarian crisis spiraling out of control.

With all eyes on the agreement between Greece and Turkey, and with the border to Macedonia basically closing off the Balkan-route, 46,000 people are holding out under difficult conditions on mainland Greece. The majority is living in run-down camps in…