Impact stories

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.

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…

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.

Hanan is showing us a picture she drew on a torn piece of paper. In some ways it’s what you’d expect from an 8-year-old. The people have smiling faces and amorphous bodies.

Written by Christina Polzot, country representative for CARE International in Cuba

“Is there an elevator ?” I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this question before I ask Hanadi, a wheelchair-bound Syrian refugee in her late twenties. She lives with relatives

September 3, 2013 - In August, heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan have triggered flash floods and caused widespread losses and damage across the country; 1.3 million people have been affected, 193 people died, 879 were reported injured, with thousands…

September 10, 2013 - Heavy rains in Niger and Mali over the last month have affected neighbouring Benin, with areas close to the Niger River – Malanville and Karimama – being severely flooded. The floods have washed away homes built of black earth,…