Deteriorating drought, hunger and hygiene conditions in Somalia has put the health of 6.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance at risk, with over 50,000 cases of suspected cholera reported.
Emergency
6/28/17
Lack of clean water fuels Yemen’s cholera outbreak
For the second time in a month, 9-year-old Jehad is in the cholera isolation center at Yemen’s Aljomhuri Hospital. “Every day many people in my village get sick.
6/28/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 12-year-old Bushra Abdullah
Bushra Abdullah and her family came to Hajja city, Yemen in search of a better life after being displaced from their home in Alwasha district due to the country’s conflict. Yemen is also facing a cholera outbreak that is compounding the country’s dire humanitarian crisis.
6/28/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 7-month-old Hatem Hayel
Seven-month-old Hatem waits to have the tube from the rehydration kit used to treat him for cholera removed. His little hand cannot take it any more. But the hospital where he was brought to receive treatment is crowded with new cases of infection arriving by the minute.
6/28/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 10-year-old Mustafa Mohammed
Ten-year-old Mustafa was admitted to the cholera isolation center at the Aljomhuri Hospital in Hajja, Yemen, in critical condition. His parents had hoped that the infection would clear by itself and delayed bringing Mustafa to the hospital.
6/27/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 2-year-old Amal
Two-year-old Amal lies on her mother’s lap while waiting to leave the cholera isolation unit at Aljomhuri Hospital in Hajjah City, Yemen. Amal became infected with cholera two days earlier. She started vomiting and having from severe diarrhea.
6/27/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 9-year-old Jehad
Jehad, 9, is in the hospital for the second time in a month with cholera. She lives in the Mabyan district in Hajja governorate of Yemen and the country’s cholera outbreak has hit his village hard. “Every day many people get sick with the disease.
6/27/17
The faces of Yemen’s cholera outbreak: 22-year-old Layla
Layla, a 22-year-old mother of three, lies in the cholera isolation unit at the Aljomhuri Hospital in Hajja, Yemen. She came to the hospital as soon as she started experiencing cholera symptoms. “I listen to the radio and every day they talk about cholera and its symptoms.
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4 page summary highlighting results so far from the Typhoon Haiyan Reconstruction Project, funded through Global Affairs Canada
Report: While there is a broad understanding of basic humanitarian needs in Southern Syria, there has been limited analysis of the...
Fact Sheet: While there is a broad understanding of basic humanitarian needs in Southern Syria, there has been limited analysis of the...
Eliminating the immediate suffering of Internally Displaced Persons in host communities
Innovative USAID-funded program that links food aid with building long-term food and nutrition security
Providing a means for survival for IDPs experiencing economic and humanitarian uncertainty
Addressing the urgent humanitarian needs of communities affected by communities in South Darfur
Lessons in peacebuilding and economic development in South Sudan.
A joint aid agency report calling on the international community to increase investment in long-term economic needs of countries...
A two-page report about CARE's response to the deadly earthquakes in Nepal in 2015.
Over the last five years, CARE has transitioned from post-earthquake emergency relief into programming aimed at addressing the...
Building Back Safer, Stronger - A Financial Update
Haiti Earthquake Emergency Response Fund - January 2010 – December 2014
The Case for Placing South Sudan’s Healthcare System at the Heart of the Humanitarian Response
One year later, CARE continues to reach needy families and communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
From Emergency Aid to "Build Back Safer"
On 16 September 2014, the northern Syrian town of Kobane came under siege. Since then, 188,000 refugees are reported to have flooded...
June 2012 through March 2014
This 12 page report on Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan, from May 2014, provides the results of interviews and research CARE is...
Fixing a food crisis and preventing a catastrophe in South Sudan - April 2014
CARE Jordan – Urban Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities - April 2014
Urban Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities three years into the Syria Crisis
June 2012 through March 2014
A handbook for aid practitioners and policymakers in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction
Update on CARE's Response to Typhoon Haiyan
The goal of CARE’s crisis response is to meet the immediate needs of the most vulnerable people, especially women and girls.
This paper briefly summarizes our analyses, options and directions on food resources and spending on food aid.
January to March 2014
Situation Report as of January 4, 2014
The impact of the Syrian crisis as shared by Syrians in Jordan
We call on donor governments to address the specific needs of women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria.
An assessment of Syrian refugees in Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon in August 2013.
CARE has responded to drought and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa with aid to approximately 2.8 million people.
In the year since the United Nations declared a famine in parts of Somalia, much has been accomplished.
Three years after the worst earthquake in Haiti’s history, the massive task of recovery and reconstruction continues.
Baseline Assessment of Community-Identified Vulnerabilities among Syrian Refugees living in Irbid, Madaba, Mufraq, and Zarqa
CARE Haiti places strong emphasis on developing the principles of good governance in all its program sectors.