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The Horn of Africa Crisis: "The Challenge of a Generation"
As extreme effects of climate change exacerbate devastating crises in the Horn of Africa, CARE calls for the full funding of the region's Humanitarian Resource Plan to save lives.
As extreme effects of climate change exacerbate devastating crises in the Horn of Africa, CARE calls for the full funding of the region's Humanitarian Resource Plan to save lives.
This RGA explores existing information and data regarding gender, age, and disability to inform humanitarians of pre-existing vulnerabilities and capacities of crisis affected populations, and of the best suited programmatic approach to people with varying needs.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN’s climate science body, responsible for producing scientific reports that offer policymakers and the public crucial evidence on the status of the climate crisis.
While the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa continues to worsen, an influx of refugees continue to arrive from Somalia to Kenya. Most of these are women and children who must seek refuge on the outskirts of Dadaab as resources are limited.
22 districts across Zambia are underwater due to climate change-induced flooding. Impacts of the heavy rainfall combined with rising cases of cholera and COVID-19 has created a triple threat to already vulnerable communities.
Kelle is training other Ugandans to use climate smart farming, so they can recover from the shocks of climate change and conflict.
Ethiopia is facing the worst drought in the last 40 years. As a result, girls are dropping out of school because they have to walk the whole day to fetch water for their families.
Governments have left women and girls, who are the most impacted by the effects of climate change on the margins of climate action.
Despite some positive steps having been made, progress during negotiations is continuing at a slow and disappointing pace.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.