Impact stories

Fleeing their village due to repeated shelling, Samira* and her family of 13 people have been living in a refugee camp in Northwest Syria for five years now. In this account, she shares the difficulties faced due to displacement, with scarcity of water,…

People are like birds, they want to return to their nests. However, prolonged displacement, and the instability of the front line are still holding people back from returning to this small town of Luch in Ukraie, where there is not a single surviving…

Kholoud, a CARE community activator, now living as a refugee in Turkey, shares her longing to return home in Syria, after being displaced multiple times.

In this interview, Yasmin*, 33, talks about her family's recent displacement, children’s poor nutritional status, the fear of being attacked, and how helpless it makes her feel that she can no longer make her children smile.

In this interview, Basem*, a 48 year old man from Gaza talks about the challenges of finding food for his children, lack of water and sanitation facilities, and the memories of the house he has built with his own hands.

Sara*, 36,shares with CARE how her life has changed since the attack on Rafah, which has left her family to struggle for food and water.

Zenab*, a 33 year old pregnant woman shares the hardships she has encountered over the past months and the challenges she has faced in getting medical check-ups during a high-risk pregnancy, living in a war zone for eight months now.

While millions of women around the world continue to have no access to menstrual protection, putting hteir health at sever risk, menstrual taboo and certain false beliefs further prevents them from living their periods with dignity.

Addressing women’s digital exclusion in a digitally advanced yet divided world, CARE implemented a comprehensive strategy, focusing on providing digital tools and skills to VSLA members.