CARE Australia appoints new CEO Kirsty Robertson

ByCARE Australia August 23, 2024 0 comments

CARE Australia has today announced the appointment of Kirsty Robertson to the role of CEO. Her most recent leadership positions include CEO of Caritas Australia and Vice President of Caritas Internationalis. Kirsty will formally commence her new role on Monday 9th…

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GAZA: Aid agencies and medical professionals warn of dangers of a mass polio outbreak without urgent action, endangering a generation of children

ByCARE Australia August 21, 2024 0 comments

RAMALLAH – Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, with reports of other suspected cases emerging.

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Three Years On: Afghans are Paying the Price for the World’s Neglect

ByCARE Australia August 14, 2024 0 comments

Millions of Afghans continue to struggle in one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises, three years after the change in power. Heavily dependent on humanitarian aid, Afghans are trapped in cycles of poverty, displacement, and despair. Afghanistan is at risk of becoming a forgotten crisis without sustained…

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Starvation Risk Increases in Sudan Amid Escalating Violence in the East and West

ByCARE Australia July 12, 2024 0 comments

(Nairobi, Kenya) Over half of Sudan’s population, totaling 26.5 million people, is facing disastrous levels of hunger. This situation is forecasted to worsen as the country endures reduced agricultural output ahead of the next harvest in September 2024, while fighting continues to escalate. Since the beginning of July, an uptick…

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Birth under Bombs – 9 Months of Hell in Gaza

ByCARE Australia July 10, 2024 0 comments

9 months on from escalation of violence in Gaza, pregnant women 3 x more likely to miscarry(1) and 3 x more likely to die in childbirth(2) In the 9 months, or 40 weeks, that the violence in Gaza has now raged on, women there have conceived, miscarried, and birthed their babies. Instead…

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Starving in Statistics: CARE’s Response to Gaza Food Insecurity Report

ByCARE Australia June 26, 2024 0 comments

In response to the latest IPC report on the level of food insecurity in Gaza, CARE’s Interim Country Director for West Bank and Gaza, Daw Mohamed said: “Too often, in recent decades, the international community has failed to truly recognize the depth of suffering caused by hunger, focusing on terminology instead…

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