6 December 2012 -- CARE is responding to the humanitarian needs in Rakhine State, Myanmar, where more than 100,000 people have been left homeless following two outbreaks of violence between Rohingya and Rakhine groups. Violence first broke out on 28 May, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency. The disturbance left 87 people dead, 120 injured and 5,000 houses damaged and uninhabitable.
“I am 57 years old and from Kibati, in Masisi. I came to Goma two weeks ago because I needed help. I was born in Masisi and am a farmer there. My husband is also a farmer and we cultivate things like beans and maize and ground nuts. I have had 14 children but only four are still alive.
Mr Tsitso Mohalake is 62 years old and lives in a remote farming village in north-eastern Lesotho. He and his wife care for their two children (one who is in school and one who is looking for work) as well as their three grandchildren whose young parents passed away following long illnesses
Having come to Amman as an illegal refugee in May 2012, Ayatollah was offered a job at a supermarket.
Marie, 75 years old, does not feel well. For the first time in her long life she is affected by cholera, but she knows the signs of the disease very well. Last week she was taking care of her 8 year old grandson Zechariah, helping him to survive the infection, fighting with him for his young life.
Mamatsuri Mathinyane is a 33 year old widow, and she is trying to find a way to feed her five children until the next harvest. She has tried everything to budget the money she has and to find a way to bring in more income, but she knows it may not be enough.
Having children with disabilities is hard on any parent. Add to those challenges the terrors of war and the superhuman efforts required by living as refugees.
As the ongoing fighting between the Congolese Army and armed rebel groups has escalated in the Eastern province of North Kivu, the international humanitarian organization CARE warns that many cases of sexual and gender-based violence cannot be reported and treated due to the deteriorating security for humanitarian actors on the ground.
I returned home on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at around 4 pm after a long working day, which concluded with a series of air strikes on Gaza city, declaring the launching of an Israeli Operation “Pillar of Cloud”. I had already planned to spend the long weekend with my kids and wife and extended family and friends celebrating the holidays, however we ended up trapped in our homes and only able to pray for Gaza and the people of Gaza to get safe out of this violence!
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