Story type: Story

"Winter is very tough for my sick mother. When she freezes, she vomits blood. We do everything we can to heat the apartment."

Ailora da Dionora, 19, is one of many girls who dropped out of school in the last two years due to the drought in Mozambique.

How CARE staff and program participants celebrate the holidays

CARE supports refugees in Serbia with warm clothes and blankets.

Human Rights Day happens 10 December every year to commemorate the day in 1948 that governments of the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations.

CARE staff reports from impacted area, where more than 23,000 people have been affected and over 100 died.

Growing up, Ayat had much in common with her father, strong opinions and a desire to share them. Having just completed her final year of high school, she hopes to attend university – but with a lack of funding, it remains only a dream.

Hanan*, (left) a Syrian social worker who counsels girls married before adulthood, meets with a client at a CARE-supported primary health care facility operated by Syria (Photo: SRD/CARE) “When I met her, it was immediately clear that she wasn’t prepared for the responsibility of being a mother – she herself was still a child!” The girl was only 14, already a mother, but it was not the first time Hanan* had dealt with such a case.

On the island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, CARE has spoken with school girls about the challenges that keep them away from school. One reason may be a surprise: toilets!