Women have long been victims of gender based violence, especially in countries like Nepal. Women, particularly from poor vulnerable and excluded communities, live a life where they are made to believe that it is they are destined to suffer and nothing can be done about it.
As the world marks International Humanitarian Day on August 19, CARE International salutes all of its humanitarian aid workers around the globe, many of whom work under extremely difficult conditions to help people in need, such as currently in the Horn of Africa. In Dadaab, Kenya, the world’s largest refugee camp, CARE’s emergency response is assisted by refugees, many of whom have lived in Dadaab for most of their lives.
On July 9, the Republic of South Sudan has become the world’s newest country, after the historic vote for independence earlier this year. The people of South Sudan are looking hopefully to the future, but many challenges lie ahead.
Paris, June 28, 2011 – Philippe Lévêque, National Director of the international humanitarian association CARE France, has been awarded the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour by Alain Juppé, the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Mayor of Bordeaux.
Eight months after the earthquake in Haiti, what are the main difficulties for aid organizations in preparing the population to better face future disasters?
BONN (October 8, 2010) – The Bonn-based aid agency CARE Germany-Luxembourg calls on the international community not only provide funding in the event of a disaster, but to assist developing countries to invest in disaster preparedness.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (September 23, 2010) – As the Millennium Development Goals Summit comes to a close in New York, CARE International is urging the international community to continue the momentum and act on its promises.
Can a woman in New York, the cultural and financial centre, have anything in common with a woman from a village in Chattisgarh, a state where the maternal mortality rate is 335 per 100,000 live births and 75 out of every thousand babies die before their first birthday? Yes! The common denominator among two women who live in two extremes is the passion to bring change and their determination in not letting business as usual continue.
Two images of Shirley flash intermittently back and forth in my head: one, of Shirley smiling, laughing with tsunami survivors in Indonesia; the other, of a bloodied Shirley, slumped against the door of a bullet-riddled car in Afghanistan. I never saw the second image, but it’s in my head anyway. For the past two years, it hasn’t left.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
