Impact stories

Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.

 

SYRIA Face of Anguish

“I want to tell you the story of how I got here,” the 32 year old woman starts telling me her story with a smile on her face. She likes to call herself Azab, which in Arabic means “anguish”.

 

SYRIA We cannot let Syrian Refugees Down

Since September I have spent a significant amount of time in the Middle East to help coordinate CARE’s Syria Response. I have worked in numerous complex emergency situations in different countries around the world before, but the suffering I saw while I…

 

EGYPT We meet refugee women where they are

To mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, Heba Al Azzazy, Case Manager at CARE Egypt, talks about the situation of Syrian refugee women in Egypt, gender-based violence and why it is so important to constantly reach out to refugees.

 

CARE Niger celebrates its 40th anniversary

From 23th to 30th November 2014, CARE Niger is celebrating its 40 years of successes and learnings, working for the most vulnerable people and being committed to achieve the best results in various fields such as humanitarian emergency responses, social…

 

COTE DIVOIRE Stopping Ebola at the Borders

Adjoua Martine Konan had heard people in this cocoa-farming region of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) talk about the Ebola outbreak that was ravaging neighboring Liberia and Guinea. But Konan didn’t think the outbreak was real. “I thought it was just a…