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“The most important thing we received from CARE is knowledge”

“It was a challenge just to get good food,” Tasara said. “We would plant crops and they would fail. We had no money to look for food…” Like many families in Zimbabwe, Tasara and his wife Memory rely on farming to survive. When consecutive years of drought hit, the family really struggled. Every day was […]

CARE Australia supports marriage equality

As one of Australia’s leading international aid and human rights organisations, we stand for saving lives, tackling poverty, and equality for all. Across all of CARE’s work around the globe, we provide support to those in need regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual preference, ethnicity or disability. Equality and freedom from discrimination are fundamental […]

Myanmar/Bangladesh Crisis: Fleeing conflict, facing starvation

On 9 September, Hamida’s mother was killed during violence in Myanmar. “My mother was disabled, so she could not leave the house when it was set on fire. I tried to grab her and carry her, but she was too heavy. And then a burning beam started to fall, and the flames fell onto my […]

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 […]

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