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7 Things You Need To Know On World Food Day 2017

1. Right now, more than 20 million people across four countries are facing starvation and famine. 20 million people – that’s the entire population of Europe’s five largest capital cities – are affected by one of the largest humanitarian crises since the Second World War. Imagine everyone in London, Berlin, Madrid, Rome and Paris at […]

Thank you from Somaliland

CARE Australia's Chief Executive Sally Moyle visited Somaliland to see the impact of CARE's emergency response following the cholera outbreak earlier this year. More than 800 cholera patients passed through this hospital over the last three months. Thanks to support from our generous donors, the doctors and healthcare staff were able to save more than [...]

Helping families in crisis in Bangladesh

Over the past few weeks, nearly half a million people have fled conflict in Myanmar and arrived in Bangladesh with little more than the clothes they were wearing. CARE is on the ground providing food, shelter and urgent healthcare to severely malnourished children. Hossein is seven years old. He is living in a camp in […]

“We have to rebuild everything…”

Mrs Hien is married and has three children. Two of her three children, twins, haven’t been able to hear or speak since they were born. Mrs Hien and her husband earn their living by planting timber. On 15 September, Typhoon Doksuri, the strongest typhoon in a decade, hit their hometown in the province of Ha […]

Saving lives on a shoestring

Husband and wife Tasman and Annie are helping make childbirth safer for women in Papua New Guinea. The health clinic they run together, Barola Haus Mama’s, is combatting the dangerous risks for mothers and babies in the region, where one in 25 women die during pregnancy and childbirth. Barola Haus Mama’s or Mama’s House is […]

Ishwori’s nightmare: “I get scared every time it starts raining”

Recent floods in Nepal have affected 1.7 million people, left thousands homeless and seriously damaged infrastructure including roads, school and hospitals. Ishwori is one young mother who was forced to flee her home in Bardiya district as the flood waters continued to rise. For Ishwori, this year’s floods bring back painful memories of similar rains in […]

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