Impact stories

Because of early evacuation and other preventative measures, cyclone Phailin has spared millions of lives on the coast of Eastern India. But its severe storms and rainfalls did wreak havoc in the lives of many. These are the stories of Shashi Naik, Lilu…

IRBID, JORDAN (October 16, 2013) - The city of Irbid in the North of Jordan has dressed up today: It is the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday for about 1.4 billion Muslims around the world.

October in Amman: balmy sunny days, sudden cool nights. As sudden as if someone turned off the sun’s generator with a flip of the switch. It makes you wake up in the middle of the night and grab an extra blanket.

Lilongwe (October 3, 2013) - CARE Malawi has started a food distribution programme in Malawi’s central region district of Kasungu with over 700 beneficiaries receiving the much needed food aid on the first day of the exercise.

Over 110 states agree to tackle sexual violence in conflict – perhaps international solidarity isn’t dead after all? By Howard Mollett, Senior Policy Advisor CARE International UK, at the launch of an international declaration to end sexual violence in…

In South Sudan, a country affected by decades of conflict, keeping a fragile peace requires more than just the absence of war.

Between 1959 and 1998, tens of thousands of Rwandan men, women and children fled from ethnic violence and genocide at home to neighbouring countries such as Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania. According to the UN cessation clause on…

"I come from Panriang County of Unity State in South Sudan, an area that is rich of oil and where, in fact, about 50 percent of our oil reserves get explored. In 1987, when I was in my early teenage years, I joined the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/…

For the past month, Niger has been battling with heavy rains and floods. More than 130,000 people have been affected, and 32 have lost their lives; homes have been washed away, and farmlands and crops have been destroyed.