World Humanitarian Day: The women leading crises responses
In the lead up to World Humanitarian Day on August 19th, we are shining light on the role of women in humanitarian crises around the globe.
In the lead up to World Humanitarian Day on August 19th, we are shining light on the role of women in humanitarian crises around the globe.
Irina has been passionate about social work since childhood. She understood firsthand the significance of risking one's life to save others. Recently, she joined CARE Ukraine as a Rapid Response Officer, which enabled her to extend assistance to many who need it.
Hanah* is a mother of six children. She has experienced the challenges of repeated displacement due to the war, and more recently, the earthquakes that shook Türkiye and Northwest Syria six months ago.
“Before the earthquake we had five shops and many employees. My grandfather and father already built their life with Baklava. It’s tradition. Now everything is lost,” says Hüsameddin.
Since the war that broke out on April 15, many health facilities have been looted and destroyed across Sudan. Now medical supplies are running out alarmingly fast, putting pressure on the few remaining facilities.
Three years after the Beirut port exploded, killing over 200 people, injuring 7,000 and leaving a trail of destrcution, CARE Lebanon’s Program Implementation Coordinator describes how he coordinated the humanitarian response to the disaster.
Six months after the earthquakes, Fatma and her 9-year-old daughter, Aisha*, recall the first moments of the natural disaster and share with us how their lives have changed within seconds.
After losing her mother and children to the earthquake, Elcin and her father now live in a 7-by-2-meter container in her neighborhood. Their town is destroyed to the ground. The earthquake destroyed homes, workplaces, markets, and schools.
Six months later, the humanitarian needs following the earthquake are still enormous. The situation for people in the affected areas of Türkiye and north-west Syria remains catastrophic.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.