Hina in Pakistan talks about the challenges of running her business in COVID: “We suffered a lot. There came a point at which we thought that we might not be able to stand our ground anymore. Yet I overcame the challenges and went on. Running a business and a house simultaneously is very hard. I get very little time to sleep.”
Maria and Ohban are volunteer drivers for a student organization in Ukraine that delivers emergency relief items for people affected by the war.
After being forced to flee the war with her 12-years-old daughter, Tetyana has received psychosocial support to cope with the traumatic experience
Hanna and her husband Danylo lived in the basement before being forced to abandon their life-long house in just 10 minutes to escape the war
Ardo Dhunkel is a woman in Somalia who runs her own small business. Conditions in her village are so extreme that people have to survive on 13 litres of water a MONTH. The international standard for the least amount of water one person should have is 15 litres a DAY. This is so extreme that I can hardly imagine it. But Ardo runs her business anyway, and is the chair of her local savings group.
36-year-old Tatiana had to give birth alone in a dark room while fleeing the war
With an estimated one third of Ukrainian refugees expected to develop depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorders, there is an urgent need to provide support to those suffering from ongoing war trauma now and in the months and years to come.
At least 90 people have been killed and some 30,000 families have been affected in a country that has been grappling with the impact of over 7 years of conflict.
In the lead up to World Humanitarian Day 2022, we highlight the work that women at CARE are doing around the globe to empower other women and ensure all people live in dignity
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
