Topic: Crisis Response

The recent clashes between the armed forces that took place at the end of 2017 in north-west of Central Africa Republic (CAR) resulted in a large influx of African refugees in southern Chad.

The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) deteriorated dramatically in 2017

Roboussin Florence fled the conflicts in the Central African Republic to seek safety in Nanabaria, in southern Chad. She tells us the story of what life used to be for her family: a life of farming, fishing, and stability. She also tells us what life in southern Chad is like: lack of education for her children, hunger and threat of disease. Her plea is simply to have help for the vulnerable and to find peace.

Following the devastating impact of Cyclone Dineo in February 2017, CARE Mozambique, in cooperation with the government of Inhambane province, recently completed the rebuilding of 163 classrooms for more than 14,000 students. CARE also repaired nine of the province’s most severely damaged health centers, serving approximately 120,000 people.

This statement is made on behalf of 22 international NGOs current working in Yemen. INGOs are delivering life-saving humanitarian assistance to millions of vulnerable Yemenis, despite the complex and serious nature of the security situation and sustained bureaucratic access constraints.

Abu Ahmad and his family fled Syria seven years ago when the war began, they now live in Turkey. They struggle to make ends meet and cannot afford to move to a better house, so CARE has rehabilitated their home to improve their living conditions. Abu Ahmad’s home is one of the 400 that will be rehabilitated by CARE in Kilis by August 2018.

“Grace asked me how I was doing, and I started crying. I told her there was no future for my children here, and we are always hungry. My daughter had been sick. I told Grace I might go back home” – This is what Annet, a refugee from South Sudan, told Grace, one of CARE’s “GBV Preventers” in Uganda.

Last month a CARE supported hospital managed to do 1000 operations that saved many lives in remote Pariang county. In the past, complicated cases were referred to Juba. By road, the journey took four days on bumpy and sometimes impassable roads. Read about the operating theatre saving thousands of lives in remote areas of South Sudan.

Sally Austin, Head of Emergency Operations, CARE International writes about her recent visit to the refugee camps in Bangladesh where more than 800,000 people from Myanmar are now living.