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Aid agencies call for a isurgeo in aid effort to help 10 million facing hunger in West Africa

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:55:28 +0100

Ten leading aid agencies today called for a ‘surge’ in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The centre of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population, have not enough food. A further two million people in Chad, and hundreds of thousands more in Mali, Mauritania, parts of Burkina Faso and the extreme north of Nigeria are also suffering as a result of the crisis.

Barclays calls for greater collaboration with NGOs to improve global access to financial services

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:39:24 +0100

Greater cooperation between banks, policy makers, NGOs and technology providers is vital to improving access to financial services and fostering prosperity in the post-financial crisis world, according to a new report launched by Barclays and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Banking on Change Launched in Ghana

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:48:56 +0100

Barclays and international development organisations CARE International (CARE) and Plan have launched Banking on Change in Ghana, a unique and pioneering microfinance initiative aimed at reaching half a million people in ten countries across the world and sixty three thousand people in Ghana.

Echoes of 2005: CARE urges international community not to make the same mistakes in Niger food crisis

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:26:43 +0100

As the grip of drought and malnutrition pushes Niger further into a drawn-out food crisis, and the world’s attention is diverted by Haiti, leading aid agency CARE notes disturbing parallels between the current situation and the disastrous 2005 crisis.

Earth Day: No Time to Recover - Pastoralist women and children struggle to adapt to more frequent droughts

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:43:10 +0100

On Earth Day CARE International and Save the Children UK warn that urgent action is needed to help poor women and children adapt to the severe impacts of climate change on their livelihoods, health and education. This is vividly seen in Ethiopia, where pastoralists are struggling against increasingly frequent droughts.

CARE International expresses sympathy for those affected by China's earthquake

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:40:55 +0100

CARE International is saddened by the tragedy of today’s earthquake in the mountainous Tibetan Plateau in southwest China.

Resettlement of quake victims must ensure human dignity

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:00:18 +0100

Agencies call for upholding of standards to protect vulnerable people.

Three months after the Haiti earthquake: CARE International is standing with Haitians to seize the future

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:52:43 +0100

Three months after the earthquake that changed Haiti forever, survivors are taking the future in their own hands. Residents of spontaneous settlement sites have elected committees to serve as camp authorities and cooperate with aid agencies. As Haitians begin the massive task of recovery, CARE and the humanitarian community are working to ensure that they have the tools and expertise to build back a safer, stronger Haiti.

CARE International announces key recommendations for Haitios recovery, reconstruction and development needs

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:48:53 +0000

In a series of meetings this week across the United States and Europe, CARE International will outline its policy recommendations to address Haiti’s recovery, reconstruction and long-term development needs following the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. These meetings come in advance of the March 31, 2010 International Donors’ Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti at which donor countries, international organisations and other partners will pledge resources, coordinate support and commit to long-term efforts in Haiti.

Quick work on water has prevented disease after Haiti quake

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:29:34 +0000

Outbreaks of water-borne disease in Haiti's earthquake affected zone have been largely avoided, thanks to quick intervention by the government and humanitarian agencies including CARE International. But efforts to ensure sanitation and safe drinking water remain urgently important as the country faces the onset of the annual rainy season.