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Crisis Response

Crisis Response

Washington Monthly: The Humanitarian Catastrophe You’re Still Not Hearing About

July 1, 2021

Last week, I told you about a friend of mine named Clare Campbell from Washington State. She coincidentally arrived in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted near the city of Goma. Clare runs a nonprofit called Congo Threads, and has been in the town of Minova since her arrival helping the thousands of refugees—mostly women and children—who fled there during the immediate crisis.

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Crisis Response

A Devastating Impact on 1.7 Million Syrian Children if UN Security Council Fails to Authorize Resolution on Humanitarian Aid to Northern Syria

July 1, 2021

We call on the United Nations Security Council to authorize and expand for 12 months the delivery of cross-border humanitarian aid to northern Syria. The vote is due July 10th. Failing the renewal, the already dire situation of over 1.7 million vulnerable children in the area will get far worse. Syria is no safe place for children. Without the cross-border assistance, children will be denied life-saving assistance, their protection and access to water, hygiene, medical support and education will be severely hampered.

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Crisis Response

NWS NGO Forum Statement on the attack on Al-Shifaa Hospital in Northwest Syria

June 15, 2021

On June 12, 2021, Al-Shifaa Pediatrics and Maternity Hospital in Afrin, Northwest Syria, one of the largest medical facilities in northern Syria, was hit by missiles. The horrific attack resulted in the tragic death of at least 13 people, including 4 humanitarian workers and the injury of 32 to civilians including women, children and 11 humanitarian workers, one of whom is currently in critical condition.

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Crisis Response

Vox: The fighting in Gaza is over. The humanitarian crisis isn’t.

May 24, 2021

With the ceasefire came relief. The shelling had stopped. People were visiting each other, feeling happy, Salwa Tibi, a Gaza program representative for CARE International, said. Earlier this week, Tibi hadn’t been sure if she would see the next morning, or the morning after that, so heavy was the bombardment from Israeli airstrikes. This week, Tibi’s daughter, pregnant for the first time, gave birth in the hospital, Tibi’s granddaughter, Naya, entering the world to the sound of shelling for hours and hours.

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Climate

CARE Fears for Safety of Rohingya Refugees in Lockdown as Cyclone Yaas Looms

May 24, 2021

CARE is concerned for the safety and well being of thousands of Rohingya refugees who are in the middle of a strict week-long lock down after an alarming spread of COVID cases was detected in recent days. Social distancing is incredibly difficult in the camps as refugees share water, sanitation and other facilities and live in close proximity to one another. We fear that any new COVID cases could spread very quickly.

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