Impact stories

Since 2015, when the Sustainable Development Goals first launched, 180 million people have made progress toward those goals with support from CARE and our partners. That’s an incredible impact which spans both humanitarian response and long-term change.

Working on the emergency response to the earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria, CARE's Hazal Guvercinci shared the persistent difficulties faced by women and girls and warned for looming health risks in the affected communities.

Dr. Dima Um Nour is a gynecologist who has been serving pregnant women for over three years in Al-Amal Pediatrics and Maternity Hospital in A’zaz, Syria. Here's what she has been witnessing since the recent devastating earthquakes hit the region.

Assistant Country Director at CARE Türkiye, Thomas Bamforth reflects on how the catastrophic effects of the February earthquakes can spark necessary change in humanitarian aid to regions long affected by compounding crises.

A mortar and pestle. A ring. A notebook. A colored pencil. A baseball. Coffee cups. Clothes their daughter would have worn, had she lived. These are just a few of the things Ammar, Qasem, Amira, Shams, and Mohammed rescued from the rubble in the days…

Today, 26 March 2023, the people of Yemen enter the ninth year of conflict since its escalation in 2015. The conflict in Yemen has left nearly no aspects of life in the country untouched, leading to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

In the third annual edition of the 'Her Voice: Listening to Women in Action' report, CARE is asking women what is happening in their lives—how are crises impacting them, and what they are doing to lead.

The sign on the door says 'The Happy Kindergarten'. Through the window, you can see a five-year-old boy playing with colourful wooden blocks. The boy’s name is Danik, and he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder in Ukraine when he was three…

Night is the most difficult time for Natalia, 35 year old mother. She and her 3 year old daughter Daria often hear gunshots outside of their house. Daria still to this day does not speak and screams in her sleep.