Topic: Crisis Response

“Are you Syrian? Will you marry me?” These are just some of the questions that 34 year old Mufeeda has been hearing since her husband went missing in Syria.

“When I was married, I thought my husband had to do everything. Now, I don’t think anymore that I can’t live without him. I feel good. I don’t feel threatened anymore.” Clemantine Namulao, from Kyeshero, North Kivu, DRC

Raivo, a 41-year old women with two children, living in the village of Andaboly tells CARE how she experienced cyclone Haruna’s landfall.

Our goal for the year 2020 is to continue to strengthen our humanitarian work to have a lasting impact on women, men, boys and girls affected by humanitarian crises, with a special focus on women and girls who are disproportionately affected by disasters.

Notre objectif pour 2020 est de continuer à renforcer notre travail humanitaire dans le but d’avoir un impact durable sur les femmes, les hommes, les garçons et les filles qui sont touchés par des crises humanitaires, avec une attention particulière sur les femmes et les filles qui sont affectées disproportionnellement par les catastrophes.

On February 22 at six o’clock in the morning, Cyclone Haruna made landfall in southwestern Madagascar. The storm went across the island over a period of 24 hours, bringing with it extreme winds up to 200 km/h.

The small kingdom of Lesotho is experiencing a severe food crisis for many months. But first of all: where is Lesotho located?

February 27, 2013 (Bamako, Mali): Although humanitarian access remains limited in northern Mali, CARE International and its local partners are on the ground, distributing much needed food to both returnees and people who have remained in the conflict-ridden Timbuktu region. Over the past few days, CARE and its local partners have distributed 450 metric tonnes of food to 25,881 people in the Timbuktu region, and aim to reach over 47,000 people with essential food items by the end of the month.

Abu Anas greets the newcomers with a warm smile. The Syrian family, mother, father and two sons, just arrived here in Amman, Jordan two weeks ago. When the bombing became unbearable, they left their home in Syria.