Emergencies
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State of emergency in Chad
Read moreThis year, heavy rainfall in Chad has caused catastrophic floods in 18 of the country’s 23 provinces, displacing over 200,000 households and destroying health facilities, roads, bridges, crops, and water systems.
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Unprecedented rain in Nigeria
Read moreNigeria has suffered an unprecedented rainy season this year, and many climate change experts predict these heavy, sudden rains could become the new normal.
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CARE mobile health teams on the ground assisting earthquake survivors in Afghanistan
Read moreCARE Afghanistan deployed three mobile health teams following the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that is estimated to have killed between 770 – 1,000 people, left thousands more injured.
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Second commemoration of the Beirut Blast
Read moreToday (4th August) marks the second commemoration of the Beirut Blast. The 2020 explosion, the third largest in history after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killed 220 people, injured more than 6,500, temporarily displaced about 300,000 people from their homes and destroyed entire neighbourhoods of the city.
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44 aid workers have lost their lives this year with South Sudan continuing to be one of the deadliest places to be an aid worker
Read moreThis World Humanitarian Day (Friday 19 August), CARE International, a leading humanitarian organisation, has highlighted the dangers facing aid workers as 44 aid workers have lost their lives globally since the beginning of this year.
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CARE providing much needed assistance to flood-affected communities in Pakistan
Read moreCARE International in Pakistan, and its implementing partners, are distributing relief items to affected communities including tents and tarpaulins, emergency latrine kits and everyday essentials including menstrual hygiene items.
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Typhoons in the Philippines: A journey to disaster resilience
Read moreCARE and local partner have supported Cambucao through emergency food distributions, shelter repair assistance, financial support to restore livelihoods, and training on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation.
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Tonga disaster 2022: CARE calls for donations
Read moreAs the damage in Tonga is revealed, CARE International has set up the Tonga Emergency Appeal for people in the UK to support the survivors of the volcanic eruption and tsunami, which devastated the islands on 15 January.
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Haiti earthquake 2021: CARE responding to deadly quake, amid food insecurity and COVID-19 crises
Read moreOn August 14, 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, hitting the greater southern part of the island and causing the greatest losses in the departments of Grande Anse, South and Nippes.
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Palestine-Israel crisis
Read moreWe are witnessing a rapid escalation of violence in Palestine and Israel. As of 17 May at least 220 Palestinians, including 58 children, 31 women, more than 6300 injured. 10 Israelis have been killed, including 2 children and 300 injured.
