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Three of CARE's partners speak about the work and conflict in Syria.

In all my 16 years as a humanitarian aid worker, I have never seen anything like the violence that besieged Juba, South Sudan, last month. It started on a Thursday night with small-arms gunfire that I thought would end quickly.

Three hundred and sixty five days and still counting. The war in Yemen continues. The majority of Yemenis who have no stake in the war continue to suffer. Yet, they have an unwavering hope that things will be better tomorrow. Some of these brave hearts are within our own organization CARE.

Imagine you have to rush to a hospital after an accident – but all you find is a deserted building. While you are carried towards the emergency room you get a glimpse of patients wailing in their beds but you can’t see any nurses attending to their needs.

Zorica Pavlovic Shalabi’s Syrian husband died in 2002, after having lived together in Serbia for 16 years. He left Zorica with two teenage children, no work experience, and no one to help her. Except her husband’s family in Syria.

Almost two decades ago, Alejandro (38) and Rosina (34) met at a disco in a village close to Funhalouro, in the south of Mozambique. “I saw him and fell in love at first sight,” Rosina says with a big smile on her face. “We wanted to start our own family and live a good life together.”

Patiente is only 14 years old. But since her mother has to spend all day to search for food, Patiente has taken on tasks usually done by adults.

Halima prods my knee to make sure I’m paying attention. “We people from Bosso are warriors, we’re famous for that. We never flee. We’ve been attacked ten times since last February and we never fled. 20 years ago there was a local rebellion and fighting swamped the town. We didn’t flee then either. But the 3rd June was different. And now here we are.”

Chief Ibrahim was forced to uproot 3,000 villagers and flee Boko Haram rebels