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Short window to prepare the world’s poorest countries for COVID-19: aid agency

The international aid agency CARE is today calling for more support for poor countries and refugee camps to prepare for coronavirus, before it’s too late. Vulnerable people urgently need clean water, soap, information on how to prevent the virus, and better health care. “Now is the time to show solidarity with countries yet to be […]

61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar, call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns

COX’S BAZAAR, BANGLADESH: Nearly 1 million Rohingya are still waiting for justice and a say about their future, two years after being forced from their homes by mass atrocities in Myanmar, and are struggling for safety and dignity in Bangladesh as refugees. In a joint statement released today, 61 local, national and international NGOs working […]

As severe Cyclone Fani makes landfall, CARE set to respond

Cyclone Fani has made landfall along the coast of Odisha in eastern India. Nineteen districts of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are likely to be hit as the storm is set to intensify over the next few hours. Around 800,000 people have already been evacuated to 880 shelters, and disaster response authority personnel have […]

Joint statement: Myanmar Bangladesh emergency appeal launched by Australia’s leading aid agencies

Eight of Australia’s major humanitarian organisations have issued a joint plea for urgent funds to help more than a million people who have fled extreme violence in Myanmar. The new initiative is a reflection of the severity of the situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh—the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. The mass movement of […]

Bangladesh: Almost half a million refugees in need of gender-based violence support, warns CARE

Close to half a million refugees from Myanmar are in urgent need of assistance as they have either witnessed, experienced or are at risk of gender-based violence, the international aid organisation CARE has warned. CARE’s Country Director for Bangladesh Zia Choudhury said these refugees required urgent assistance. “We have encountered horrific stories of sexual […]

CARE responds as deadly floods hit Bangladesh, India and Nepal

CARE has started distributing emergency supplies to survivors of deadly floods that have hit Nepal, India and Bangladesh. The regional crisis has affected 16 million people and there are growing concerns about food shortages and disease. “This is the worst flooding in more than 100 years,” CARE’s Country Director in Bangladesh, Zia Choudhury, said. “Almost […]