Cyclone Pam 1 year on: Vanuatu faces ‘double crisis’ as El Nino drought takes hold, CARE warns

As Vanuatu marks one year since the biggest storm ever recorded in its history, the Pacific nation is now grappling with significant water shortages due to an El Nino driven drought.

Cyclone Winston: Women the backbone of Fiji’s disaster recovery

As the international relief effort in Fiji continues, humanitarian organisation CARE Australia says it is critical international aid targets the specific needs of women and girls.

Cyclone Winston: Aid agency CARE Australia warns of disease outbreaks, with water supplies cut off and thousands still seeking emergency shelter

Aid agency CARE Australia is warning communities could be at risk of disease outbreaks in cyclone devastated Fiji as water supplies remain cut off and thousands shelter in evacuation centres.

Yemen is the crisis that the world forgot

Originally published in the Herald Sun and Herald Sun online. Small talk can be difficult with someone who lives in Yemen. Questions about family often turn to dead relatives. Talk about a bad night’s sleep and you might find yourself in a conversation about nightly bombing raids. Such was the case recently in Jordan, when I […]

Ethiopia drought: 10 million people in need of food assistance

More than 10 million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food assistance because of extreme drought caused by the global weather phenomenon El Nino, according to revised figures released by the Ethiopian government last week. “Right now families in drought-stricken areas are about to exhaust all available resources to cope with the scarcity […]

Gail Kelly: Empowering women gives society hope for the future

Cultural barriers that prevent girls from reaching their potential must be removed, writes CARE Australia’s women’s empowerment ambassador Gail Kelly.

We put women and girls at the heart of our work. CARE Australia is a leading international aid organisation that works around the globe to save lives and defeat poverty.

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