Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
“Back in Syria, everything was different. My husband was working and I had the time to take care of the house and my children,” recalls the 37-year-old woman from Aleppo. “But now, I have to be both, the father and the mother”.
Turkey is the largest refugee hosting country in the world, with over 3.5 million Syrian refugees registered in the country. Over 90 per cent of the refugee population lives in urban and peri-urban centres and not in camps.
Across South-Eastern Turkey, CARE has recruited 160 Community Activators – men and women with whom we share information about the law, rights, health and best practice, and train to deliver this information to other Syrians who have also fled war in…
In a small town on Turkey’s border with Syria, 100 refugees have gone ‘full pelt’ to learn, and use shoemaking skills taught in a CARE livelihoods project. In the process, they stand to benefit not only themselves, but also their families, and the town…
When the conflict in Syria started, Maysa found herself alone with her three sons and displaced from her home into a camp inside Syria. With living conditions deteriorating, she decided to cross the border into Turkey. Maysa, who tried to find a job in…
More than 1,000 children and parents from Syria and Turkey came together recently to interact and play at the first Kilis Children’s Festival, organised by CARE and the Kilis municipality at the Southern Turkish town’s football stadium.
Abu Ahmad and his family fled Syria seven years ago when the war began, they now live in Turkey. They struggle to make ends meet and cannot afford to move to a better house, so CARE has rehabilitated their home to improve their living conditions. Abu…
In Nizip, Turkey, Syrian refugees are gathered in CARE's Information Protection Space. They are participating in awareness raising sessions take place every week with ‘community activators’. These are men and women chosen from their communities to learn…
Motaz [name changed*] sits in a circle of Syrian refugees leading a conversation about issues facing the refugees who have fled to Turkey from nearby Kobane in northern Syria. The group are all part of CARE’s new Information Volunteer programme which…
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
