PORT-AU-PRINCE (October 24, 2011) – Since the cholera outbreak began in October 2010, CARE has been implementing its response program in some of the country’s most-affected regions; namely Grande-Anse, Upper Artibonite and Northwest departments.
The monsoon floods of August 2011 have displaced millions of people from their modest huts in the areas of lower Sindh province. After almost three months stranded under open sky, many are still waiting for proper temporary shelter, water, sanitation and healthcare support.
Driving through parts of Sindh is impossible, as so much of the area is underwater from new floods this year, with roads either inaccessible or crowded with families who have lost their homes
CARE calls for more funding to support women with essential health care and relief items/ “Babies cannot wait for funding to be born”
On this World Food Day, rain may be falling in some parts of the Horn of Africa. But there is no end in sight to the crisis that has left tens of thousands of people dead and hundreds of thousands on the edge of starvation.
They say the floods that hit Pakistan on 2010 were the worst ever floods since 1929. One would think nothing would compare to the pain and misery that met the eyes during the flood response in 2010
CARE emergency teams in Vietnam and Cambodia are responding to South-East Asia’s worst flooding in a decade which has left more than 500 dead and more than a million people homeless.
The Borana region of Ethiopia is known for its deep traditional wells that are the main water source for livestock and household consumption in the dry season and in times of drought.
“If you want something important done, don’t do it on Christmas Day – everyone will be away,” I remember my buddy joking, while we were bouncing around inside a Series 3 Land Rover on a security training exercise in New Zealand some time ago. Flash forward to Pakistan in August 2011:
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