CARE welcomes the announcement of cessation of hostilities in Aleppo and the evacuation of civilians. However we are concerned by reports of delays to the evacuation which was scheduled to begin at 3am GMT this morning, and are receiving reports of resumed shelling in the area.
CARE continues to be horrified by the situation in Aleppo. Our team is receiving urgent pleas from our humanitarian colleagues and partners in Syrian NGOs to receive assistance and evacuate the citizens of East Aleppo.
CARE staff reports from impacted area, where more than 23,000 people have been affected and over 100 died.
Three years after conflict broke out in South Sudan on December 15, the country is on the brink of famine with people barely surviving on minuscule resources
"We don’t know how many people are still buried under the rubble."
Statement by 223 civil society organizations working in Syria
Hanan*, (left) a Syrian social worker who counsels girls married before adulthood, meets with a client at a CARE-supported primary health care facility operated by Syria (Photo: SRD/CARE) “When I met her, it was immediately clear that she wasn’t prepared for the responsibility of being a mother – she herself was still a child!” The girl was only 14, already a mother, but it was not the first time Hanan* had dealt with such a case.
CARE International calls for immediate end to attacks on civilians in Aleppo
As I step out of the vehicle, I can see a group of man seated under the plastic shed. They were expecting us. Today, November 11, 2016, a team of CARE staffers, two field agents and I, went to the refugee camp of Tabaraye-Bareye, in the region of Tillabéry, located about 200km away from Niamey.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
