Afghanistan’s hunger crisis has gotten significantly worse over the past year, and new research by the international aid agency CARE confirms women are faring the worst. Women reported eating less than other household members because there was not enough food to go around, with 87% saying their household income had decreased significantly since August 2021. […]
Report: The food security statistic you rarely hear
August 10, 2022
Around the world, at least 150 million more women go hungry than men, and the gap is growing immensely, a new report from the international aid organisation CARE reveals. The report shines a light on a crucial but overlooked element of the global food security crisis, which is being fuelled by climate change, the pandemic, and the […]
Afghanistan earthquake: CARE mobile health teams on the ground
June 24, 2022
CARE Afghanistan deployed the mobile health teams yesterday morning to Khost and Paktika provinces, immediately following the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that is estimated to have killed between 770 – 1,000 people, left thousands more injured and destroyed homes and livelihoods. According to Dr Mohammad Anwer, Head of Health Unit – CARE Afghanistan; “Our […]
CARE assisting following earthquake in Afghanistan
June 22, 2022
Statement from Dr Mohammad Anwer, Head of Health Unit, CARE Afghanistan: The powerful earthquake that struck near Khost in southeast Afghanistan early on Wednesday morning has sadly killed at least 1,000 people and injured many more. We fear that aftershocks and more landslides could cause further damage and loss of life. CARE is very concerned […]
Ukraine’s humanitarian response: led by women, governed by men
May 4, 2022
New research released today by CARE International and UN Women has shown that despite women making up the majority of people using and delivering humanitarian services they are being excluded from decision making. In Ukraine, women are increasingly becoming sole heads of households and leaders in their communities as men are conscripted, yet they remain […]
Ukrainians drinking melted snow
March 18, 2022
With water pipes damaged by fighting and many parts of eastern Ukraine completely cut off from water supplies, dehydrated people have resorted to drinking melted snow. The international aid organisation CARE is supporting its partner, People in Need, to send water containers into Ukraine from the Czech Republic. CARE’s Andrea Barschdorf-Hager in Austria said: “In […]
