Philippe Leveque, the executive director of CARE France has just returned from Lebanon, the country that hosts the greatest number of Syrian refugees. During CARE’s assessment, Philippe Leveque has met numerous refugees that told him how they are coping with their new situation, what their difficulties and what their hopes for the future are.
Renewed fighting in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to a new wave of refugees fleeing into neighbouring Uganda to search for security. Initial reports by the Uganda Red Cross Society are that as many as 66,000 people have fled and are in need of assistance in Uganda
It’s raining heavily as we trundle down the road from Mabior to Bor in Jonglei state in South Sudan. The road is a track of thick, deep mud. Our car slips and slides through as Akuien, our driver,
A native of Calgary, Alberta, Rod Volway is CARE’s director of refugee operations in Dadaab, Kenya where he oversees programming that reaches more than 260,000 refugees.
Uringi Sam Abott has been a refugee for almost two decades. Now, working closely with CARE, he is a leader in the Ifo refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya helping to distribute food to fellow refugees.
The recent devastation in Uttarakhand (a northern state in India famous for its pilgrimage sites) from unprecedented heavy rains due to a cloud burst, triggered flash floods and landslides along the two main river basins of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi.
How long have you been working in the field of emergency operations and which crises have you responded to? I have worked in emergency operations for nearly 20 years, initially with CARE UK in London seeking funding and monitoring emergency projects
In my 11 years as a fundraiser with CARE, I have been involved in humanitarian emergency responses of large magnitude, including the Tsunami, the Pakistan floods, the Haiti earthquake
The number of Syrian refugees will pass the two million mark within the next nine weeks*, a coalition of 18 aid agencies working in six countries directly affected by the Syrian crisis, warned today.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
