Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Heba is a beautiful young woman in her late twenties. A blue head scarf with flowers frames her soft face and her fierce light brown eyes, coloured with eyeliner and mascara. She wears light jeans and a long blue dress. It is when she lifts her shirt and…
Welcome to Azraq. Jordan’s soon-to-be largest refugee camp is in its final stages of being built. The new camp will provide vital life-saving assistance and protection to an initial 51,000 refugees. The site could be expanded to support 130,000 refugees…
When I was a child my grandmother used to tell me how she felt when she was forced to flee to Syria from her home in Palestine in 1948. She hoped for her children and her grandchildren to never have to experience what it feels like to be a refugee. But…
As an aid worker, I have spent more than a decade responding to emergencies all over the world. I was deployed to Iraq in 2003, I responded to the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, and in 2006
The light goes on and off. It flickers for a few seconds, and then everything turns dark again. Hala sits on the floor of her small room in Beirut. Ahmed, one of her five sons, runs to one of the room’s corners. Unerringly he climbs over a suitcase which…
Christmas is approaching and people around the world are preparing to celebrate with friends and family. In my home country Jordan, where I recently returned to as Country Director for the humanitarian aid organisation CARE, Christmas is also a time to…
The United Nations have adopted the International Volunteer Day in 1985. Since then, people around the world recognize the commitment, dedication and impact of individual volunteers and volunteer organizations on the 5th of December. Matthew Sugrue is a…
Hadi stands in front of twenty refugees in CARE’s centre in Zarqa, the industrial centre of Jordan, about half an hour drive from the capital Amman.
On November 19th, people around the world celebrate World Toilet Day. This day aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. Uwe Korus, Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Coordinator for CARE…
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
