Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
PAGAK, South Sudan – Nyakoang Rieka set out from her village in the afternoon. Pregnant and with her elderly mother and three small children in tow, she walked several miles through the hot, dry South Sudanese countryside to get to the food…
Heba is a beautiful young woman in her late twenties. A blue head scarf with flowers frames her soft face and her fierce light brown eyes, coloured with eyeliner and mascara. She wears light jeans and a long blue dress. It is when she lifts her shirt and…
BENTIU, South Sudan – “It is still tense here after last week’s heavy fighting, but there is some movement in the streets. The situation of the displaced people who are sheltering inside the UN compound is complicated by the sheer numbers of people…
Welcome to Azraq. Jordan’s soon-to-be largest refugee camp is in its final stages of being built. The new camp will provide vital life-saving assistance and protection to an initial 51,000 refugees. The site could be expanded to support 130,000 refugees…
BENTIU, South Sudan – CARE’s daily routine in Bentiu, South Sudan was interrupted by fighting this week, but project coordinator Rose Ejuru found plenty to do. She immediately changed roles, reverting to her medical training as a nurse to help tend…
CARE International in Uganda is reaching out to the most vulnerable in the emergency response following the influx of thousands of South Sudanese Refugees into northern Uganda. CARE is providing shelters, each built with a latrine, to persons with…
When I was a child my grandmother used to tell me how she felt when she was forced to flee to Syria from her home in Palestine in 1948. She hoped for her children and her grandchildren to never have to experience what it feels like to be a refugee. But…
Imagine your wife is sick. She has cancer. But you do not tell her, because you have no money to pay for her treatment. Your children cannot go to school. They have to work because you are injured and cannot generate an income for your family.
Half a million Syrian refugees living in urban areas in Jordan are struggling more than ever to cope with inadequate housing, high debts, rising costs of living and educational challenges for their children, CARE International has found in a new study.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
