Topic: Crisis Response

CARE is deeply concerned about the influx of around 66,000 refugees who have crossed the border to Turkey in the past days. “This is a major humanitarian emergency, with tens of thousands of people in need of shelter, food and water,” says John Uniack Davis, Country Director of CARE Turkey.

By Elizabeth White, Advocacy and Communications Officer - CARE Somalia, with additional input from Kathy Relleen Evans, Regional Advocacy Coordinator – East Central & Southern Africa Region

More than 60,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Turkey from Kobane in the past 24 hours. John Uniack Davis, Country Director of CARE Turkey, was part of an initial team assessing the needs of newly arrived Syrians.

Daraya is a small village in the Mount Lebanon region, about an hour drive from the Lebanese capital Beirut. This is where Ayham lives. His house is in the middle of a little forest.

International aid organisation CARE International has welcomed the decision by South Sudan’s parliament to ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

“The areas of South Sudan at the greatest risk for developing famine are on the frontlines of the conflict, where aid agencies cannot reach people in need due to insecurity,” said Justus Liku, Senior Food Security Advisor at CARE, and former facilitator for the IPC.

The oldest of seven children, fifteen-year old Nyabel* is the de-facto leader of her family. Less than one year ago, she was in Form 4 (year 10) at her school in Bongki, and doing well in her studies, particularly in English and Arabic.

In the shower in the Malakal UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site, as I dodged a swarm of mosquitoes, I realize how deeply angry I am at the situation in South Sudan.

I had only minutes to leave my home in Syria. I took my house keys with me – just like my grandfather did back in 1948 when he had to flee from his home in Palestine. I remember asking myself: “Will I be like you grandpa? Will I never go back home like you never went back? Will I have to flee a second time? How hard will that be?”