Rachel Adau Gieu, 29 years, Executive Director, implementing Projects WVL in Bor-Jonglei State, and Aweil Northern Bahr el Ghazal State in South Sudan. My work involves empowering women and girls in the Access to Living Standards, Justice and Women Rights Programme by sensitizing communities on the rights of women and girls and people with disabilities.
Over 3 million people have been affected by Hurricane Eta. CARE is responding with food, shelter and more.
For the first time in history, the United States has elected a woman of color as Vice-President. It's historic moment for celebration. If the election revealed nothing else last week, it showed that America is a country deeply divided.
Survivors rely on NGOs to return to their homes
As many as 149 million children under five are stunted (too short for their age) and over 49 million are wasted (too thin). Malnutrition is more than a lack of food or calories. Good nutrition demands a diversity of quality food, with the right nutrients, in the right amounts.
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting not just the health but also the livelihoods of people around the world. In Cotabato City, many from urban poor communities have been unable to work because of strict quarantine measures imposed across the Philippines, midway through March 2020.
Humanitarian work can take many forms and is a critical lifeline for many communities. The overwhelming majority of humanitarians around the world are local staff members and volunteers. Most often it is members of affected communities who are the first responders.
"When the confinement of coronavirus began, I was starting my life over. I had just lost everything to keep my three-year-old son with me,” says Dima, 47, from Tripoli, the poorest city in the Mediterranean.
32 years old Gregoris del Valle Camacho Figueroa, a Venezuelan migrant, lives in Huaquillas (on the border with Peru) in Ecuador with 2 of her children while her other 2 children remain with her mother in their home country of Venezuela.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
