The Toymaker of Azraq

They refer to him simply as “The Toymaker.” At 65 years of age with a thin white beard and a broad smile, Mohammed Asaf certainly looks the part. He lives at the Azraq refugee camp in eastern Jordan, home to more than 30,000 Syrians forced to flee the violence in their homeland. For the thousands […]

“An all too common horror”

The trudging ranks of exhausted, traumatised families seeking refuge, carrying their few possessions from Myanmar, look like something from another era. Surely horrific scenes of displacement and misery of this scale belong to a time before the international system of human rights emerged. Yet, tragically, this is still an all too common horror. Around the […]

Rebuilding after El Nino

In 2016, the world’s biggest weather phenomenon, El Nino, affected more than 60 million people across parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The humanitarian impact from this El Nino cycle was massive in scale, leaving more than 60 million people around the world facing food and water shortages, rising food prices, higher malnutrition rates, […]

The blockade is threatening lives

More than 20 million people in Yemen need humanitarian assistance and with the current blockade, the already dire situation is deteriorating further. It has been more than two weeks since the blockade was introduced, preventing the entry of food, fuel, medicine and supplies – exposing millions to diseases, starvation and death. Over 7 million people […]

Helping refugee women start again

Since violence erupted in South Sudan in 2014, more than a million people have fled to safety in Uganda. South Sudanese refugees have been warmly welcomed by the African nation. When refugees arrive, they are given vaccinations, a warm meal, even a plot of land and the resources to begin constructing their new home. And […]

Update on CARE’s Emergency Response for Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh

Right now, CARE Australia’s Chief Executive Sally Moyle is on the ground in Bangladesh, visiting the fastest growing refugee camp in the world. It’s difficult to know how to help when faced with such a devastating humanitarian emergency. Please watch Sally’s video update to learn more. With your support, CARE’s emergency teams are making a [...]

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