Topic: Crisis Response

“My name is Khalil and I am 37 years old. I am from the city of Homs, Syria, where I used to work as a lawyer. Now, my office is destroyed, I lost everything and I have no income anymore.

January 31, 2013 (BAMAKO, Mali): As fighting has subsided in Timbuktu, CARE International and its local partners are ready to restart activities and support both returnees and people who have remained in the conflict-torn city. In the next days, CARE will distribute over 18,000 metric tonnes of food to more than 131,000 people.

I had to leave my village of Temara (Goundam area, Timbuktu region) eight months ago because of the crisis in the north of Mali. Since then, I have been living in Sevare (Mopti region) with my family and that of my brother - about 20 people – in a house we have been renting in the commune of Walirde.

Tropical cyclone Bopha made landfall in the Philippines on December 4, sweeping across the southern islands and affecting 26 of the Philippines’ 80 provinces.

CARE is currently responding to the series of floods which have occurred across Sri Lanka over the past weeks. Heavy rainfall began around the 18th of December in several districts of the country

“My house is about a dozen metres from the military camp in Diabaly. This Thursday, at 5 in the morning, we heard gunfire between armed groups and the Malian army, which had rigorously counterattacked against the armed groups in Alatona, at the entrance to the town.

Bamako, Mali (January 23, 2013) — Amidst the escalating violence and with all eyes focused on the current security crisis in Mali, CARE International staff in the trouble-torn region of the country is distributing food to families in desperate need of help. CARE is planning to expand its response in the coming days, to provide people with essentials like tarps, blankets, sleeping mats, soap, and kitchen utensils. But more funding and access is urgently required to reach everyone in need.

This year Bangladesh has experienced its coldest winter in the last forty-five years, with temperatures dropping to two degree Celsius in some areas in the North. The cold wave began sweeping across the country around the middle of December and based on the three-month forecast (December 2012 to February 2013) from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), moderate to severe cold waves will continue through January.

18 January 2013: Heavy rain over the last two days has triggered flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Approximately 19,000 people have been evacuated and another 55,000 people are currently affected by the rising waters.