When six villages in the department of Artibonite in the North of Haiti reported an epidemic of diarrhea and vomiting in late October 2010, Haitian authorities and the humanitarian community feared the worst. Test results confirmed that cholera had broken out in the Caribbean nation still struggling to recover from the devastating earthquake a mere ten months earlier.
Famine was officially declared in three additional regions of South-Central Somalia, adding even more urgency to CARE’s call for a rapid and ramped-up response from the international community.
While lifesaving aid is desperately needed for people already suffering in the Horn of Africa food crisis, CARE is calling on donors to also support immediate interventions that protect people’s assets and prevent more families from sliding down the path to destitution and severe hunger.
One year on from the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan, millions of people still remain vulnerable living in makeshift tents and shelters and unprepared for another monsoon.
Today, famine was officially declared in two regions of southern Somalia – the first time a major famine has been announced since the famine in the Somali region of Ethiopia in 2000.
CARE International, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, has launched an emergency appeal for US$25 million to provide food, water and emergency relief to people affected by the drought in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.
Female refugees fleeing conflict and hunger in East Africa are facing another threat: rape and sexual violence.
Emergency Media Officer Alexandra Lopoukhine describes the situation in Dadaab refugee camp, northern Kenya, where nearly 1,500 people are arriving each day.
Bobbing in and out of his chair, a spritely six-year-old boy answers “Mignon” when asked his name. Mignon means “cute” in French. The name suits him, but unfortunately his life has become anything but cute.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
