South Sudan: Starvation threatens millions unless urgent action is taken

Almost two-thirds of South Sudan’s population – 7.1 million people – risk not having enough food to eat in the coming months if they do not receive humanitarian assistance. The grim prediction, made a year after famine was last declared in South Sudan, comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, which […]

Bangladesh: Six months after the refugee influx from Myanmar

Six months since more than 688,000 refugees fled mass violence in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh, there are still urgent needs for medical treatment, sanitation and shelter, according to international aid agency CARE. CARE’s Country Director in Bangladesh, Zia Choudhury, warned the upcoming monsoon season threatens to make the already dire humanitarian situation even worse. “Six […]

CARE’s partners in Syria halt aid in Eastern Ghouta due to heavy airstrikes

Syrian humanitarian organisations working in Eastern Ghouta have been forced to halt the delivery of life-saving aid to the area following heavy bombardment which has pushed civilians – including aid workers – into underground shelters, CARE has warned. CARE’s Country Director for Syria, Wouter Schaap, said the escalating violence had made it impossible to get […]

CARE Secretary General: Statement on Sexual Abuse

Updated on 21 February CARE works hard to empower women, engage men and boys to promote gender equality, and prevent gender-based violence. We have powerful programs and advocacy campaigns to advance these causes all over the world. As an organisation that champions the rights of women and girls, CARE recognises the particular responsibility we have to protect people […]

Cyclone Gita intensifying near Tonga, CARE on standby to respond

Cyclone Gita is intensifying to a possible category five storm – the most severe – as Tonga braces for the worst tropical cyclone to hit the region in almost two years. A state of emergency has been declared in Tonga ahead of the storm, which is already packing winds of almost 200km/h and is predicted […]

North Korea tops list of ‘most under-reported’ humanitarian crises of 2017

Aid organisation CARE Australia today issued a new report highlighting the 10 most underreported humanitarian crises of 2017. The report, Suffering in Silence, found the humanitarian crisis in North Korea received the least media attention globally. While much media focus has been on nuclear brinkmanship, the humanitarian situation in the country has been overlooked. Other […]

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