Impact stories

It was seven in the morning when Maryam hears the loud sound of the school bell. Maryam, 15, and her sisters wake up, quickly put on some clothes and rushed out of the house.

During my visit to Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I was visiting a health center in Miabi Heath. I was accompanied by a nurse who was trained by CARE on sexual and reproductive health.

The crisis is not easy to understand and has multiple causes. But what is clear is that people are in urgent need of assistance in this unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Many of the girls I spoke to who were raped did not complain about the psychological and physical pain they are going through. They try to keep going, try to forget, try to survive.

Garcia is 16 years old. In her short life, she has already lived through great pain.

Mary Maturu gives insight into what it’s like to be a midwife in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements.

Feminism is not a fad. For decades, the call for women’s equal rights has only grown louder, and some of these from men themselves in centuries past.

Testimonies of CARE-trained midwives in Rhino refugee settlement.

Kamaliza describes her experience of giving birth and living in Rhino refugee settlement.