In the heat of the day, Lillian, Scobia and Viola help each other carry large, heavy pieces of wood from a collection point to the temporary shelter they are trying to make into a home at Imvepi refugee settlement in Uganda.
Refugees
6/19/17
South Sudan Refugees: Fighting the Traumas of War
One night, 26-year-old Joyce watched in fear as her husband continued to drink and his behavior became increasingly erratic. Ever since they’d fled the war in South Sudan, her husband’s drinking had gotten worse and sometimes led to violent outbursts.
6/19/17
The New York Daily News: Send ‘hope’ on World Refugee Day to shed light on global crisis
The New York Daily News published an op-ed from Heather Higginbottom, CARE’s chief operating officer. The op-ed began with words penned by Safiyo, an 11-year-old Somalian refugee who noted that her life in the Dadaab refugee camp is “better” than what she fled at home.
6/15/17
Five Things You Need to Know about the Uganda Refugee Crisis
1. Uganda is experiencing the largest refugee crisis in Africa.
6/15/17
Voice of America: Pen Pal Program Connects US Students with Refugee Camp in Kenya
Voice of America features CARE’s “Letters of Hope” exchangebetween students in Boulder, Colorado and their refugee counterparts in Dadaab, Kenya.
6/14/17
South Sudanese Women and Girls Arriving in Uganda Traumatized from Sexual Violence; in Urgent Need of Assistance
KAMPALA- (June 14, 2017) — Ahead of the ‘Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees’ on June 22-23, the poverty-fighting organization CARE warns of the alarming health and safety risks for refugee women and girls fleeing the continuous fighting and famine in South Sud
4/5/17
Joint NGO statement: NRC, SAVE, CARE, Oxfam, IRC
The international community met in Brussels on April 4-5 to discuss the Syria crisis. At the conference, ministers, international organizations, and humanitarian workers discussed supporting Syrians inside the country and those who have crossed the border to become refugees.
3/28/17
CARE: People in urgent need of life-saving assistance in Somalia yet to be reached
HARGEISA/NAIROBI (March 28, 2017) — Large areas of communities in urgent need of life-saving assistance in Somaliland and other regions of Somalia are yet to be reached by the emergency response, warns global poverty-fighting organization, CARE.
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Eliminating the immediate suffering of Internally Displaced Persons in host communities
Addressing the urgent humanitarian needs of communities affected by communities in South Darfur
A joint aid agency report calling on the international community to increase investment in long-term economic needs of countries...
A Summary Report
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
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
The undersigned, member CEOs of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international relief and development organizations, wish...
South Sudan Rapid Nimule Assessment Report
The IDP population continues to increase placing more resource constraints on the existing services within Nimule.
The goal of CARE’s crisis response is to meet the immediate needs of the most vulnerable people, especially women and girls.
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.
An 8-country study to understand rainfall, food security and human mobility.
Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement
In the year since the United Nations declared a famine in parts of Somalia, much has been accomplished.
Baseline Assessment of Community-Identified Vulnerabilities among Syrian Refugees living in Irbid, Madaba, Mufraq, and Zarqa