Topic: Advocacy

A statement from 97 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian and human rights organisations on Syria’s Cessation of Hostilities

CARE welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire brokered by the US and Russia that came into effect at sunset on Monday, the beginning of the important Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.

When Karl Marx opened the Communist manifest with the words “a spectre is haunting Europe,” he had an idea, and a vision. That vision was a socio-political approach called communism entailing an economy which was fair, equal and that provided opportunities for the masses. It did not really ever work, and communism took forms of authoritarian regimes and economic incompetence, and was finally buried in Europe.

What does it mean to be ‘a humanitarian’ working in Greece – a country in Europe that, notwithstanding its economic crisis, does not fit the bill of the classic ‘emergency’ context? How does the response in Greece challenge our assumptions about what it means to be a humanitarian?

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.

A statement from over 35 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian, human rights and development organisations on the Russia-Syrian proposal to establish "humanitarian corridors" out of Aleppo

Mozambique has been hit by its worst drought in the past 35 years. Two million people in the central and southern parts of the country are in need of assistance to see them through the next months.

More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an estimated 60,000 in the Manbij area, Syria, have been cut off from aid in the last three weeks, marking a shameful deterioration since the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) promised to open full access to aid across the country six months ago.

Advocacy is integral to delivering CARE’s vision and mission. This Handbook is a toolkit of approaches, techniques and resources to help CARE staff, partners and other NGO colleagues think about how to integrate advocacy into their work. It includes numerous case studies and examples of advocacy across the CARE confederation at national, regional and global levels.