Topic: Crisis Response

Stories of female Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Late Monday night on September 5, an armed group launched an attack in front of the main gate of the Kabul office of CARE International.

On September 3, 2015, a single photo dominated the front pages of newspapers and online media worldwide. It was a little boy, three years old, his small body twisted and soaking wet, lying lifeless on a Turkish beach. Four and a half kilometers: that is the distance he would have had to overcome, to make it to the Greek island of Kos, to the promise of Europe: four and a half kilometers to find security and freedom.

On July 15 in the very early morning hours, floodwater entered Rajina Begum’s house. By the next day, it was already one foot high. The water level continuously rose for the next few days and the family was torn between staying and leaving their house and land.

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?

As we mark six months since Cyclone Winston devastated Fiji, CARE Australia’s Emergency Response Manager Adam Poulter reflects on the pattern of severe storms that is becoming the new normal.

Andarieta Titosse, 40 years old, is a widow and mother of three children. Her youngest child is less than seven months old. When Nércia was born, she weighed only two kilogram. During the pregnancy, Andarieta Titosse had hardly anything to eat, and there were days she could not sleep because of hunger.

Southern Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 35 years. In a region in which more than 70% of the population depend on agriculture, this has caused the worst food security crisis since 1991/92.

Three of CARE's partners speak about the work and conflict in Syria.