SOMALIA Cyclone Hits Somalias Puntland Region Destroying Lives and Livelihoods
25 year-old Faduma Ahmed Mohamed was with her family at her home in Tabin village when the cyclone hit. She recounts the loss of almost 450 goats.
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PHILIPPINES Ermalindas Home
On November 8, Ermalinda Quieros should have been celebrating the birth of her first grandson. Instead she was with her daughter-in-law as she gave birth squatting in the hallway of the overcrowded hospital in Ormoc. Staff at the hospital were overwhelmed with the influx of patients.
SOMALIA Villages littered with carcasses
The tropical cyclone leaves a trail of devastation in its wake at Banhaar, 6km away from Qarxis village of Eyl District My visit to the hard-hit tropical
SYRIA CRISIS Peacekeepers and First responders
The United Nations have adopted the International Volunteer Day in 1985. Since then, people around the world recognize the commitment, dedication and impact of individual volunteers and volunteer organizations on the 5th of December. Matthew Sugrue is a project manager for the Syria Response in Jordan and writes about his work with Syrian volunteers, who are an integral part of CARE’s support for Syrian refugees.
PHILIPPINES Traveling by CAREavan to Help Typhoon Survivors
Eight vans, three days, thousands of typhoon survivors. That’s the math CARE is looking at for a rapid series of food distributions on the Philippine island of Panay.
SYRIA CRISIS When Life Takes a Break
Hadi stands in front of twenty refugees in CARE’s centre in Zarqa, the industrial centre of Jordan, about half an hour drive from the capital Amman.
PHILIPPINES In Their Own Words
We had a strong house. But during the typhoon, it fell down. We ran out to escape. I was carrying my two children. We ran to a cave. When we got there,
PHILIPPINES Rebuilding Tacloban
When Typhoon Haiyan’s 16-foot storm surge crashed into this seaside neighborhood in Tacloban, a group of 300 neighbors clung to a rope atop a roof. When it was over, only three houses were left standing in the seafront area.
PHILIPPINES Doing Wonders with the Community
Expert Q&A on Typhoon Haiyan Relief: Athena Gepte, age 24, coordinated the first wave of food distributions after Typhoon Haiyan decimated large parts of the island of Leyte in the Philippines. She works for CARE’s local partner ACCORD. Here, she talks about the challenges of getting aid to people after massive disaster—and also the rewards.