Stories & Blogs
“No one is spared by this crisis”
During my visit to Kasai in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I was visiting a health center in Miabi Heath. I was accompanied by a nurse who was trained by CARE on sexual and reproductive health.
Read more“Slaves in a body”
“You women and girls are inferior human beings. This is God’s will and nothing can be done to change that”, an old man in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently said to me.
Read moreI was a virgin: I am not anymore
Garcia is 16 years old. In her short life, she has already lived through great pain.
Read moreSophat shows how gender equality at home is helping her excel personally and professionally
Sophat has been successful in encouraging others to insist on good occupational health and safety at work.
Read moreLantana Abdou: a woman on the move
Lantana Abdou had no income of her own. Without money, the family struggled to buy food.
Read moreSix minus one: the never-ending run…
Ayesha was doing household chores and her husband Abdur Rahim was getting ready to open his small grocery shop. All of a sudden, some people came and torched the entire village. Ayesha and everyone else ran for their lives. The next few days, they lived under the open sky in ...
Read more‘Everything is beneath rubble’ Testimonials from Cuba following Hurricane Irma
Only a few days after Hurricane Irman struck, CARE's staff in Cuba visited some of the hardest hit areas.
Read moreCARE responds to Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh
In the past weeks, more than 400,000 people from Myanmar have fled to Bangladesh after a rise of violence.
Read moreDeployment Diary 3: Conducting Health Training in a Conflict Zone
This blog post explores some of the ways CARE is actively responding to the Kasai Crisis in the DRC.
Read moreDeployment Diary 2: A Few Bumps in the Road
Read Aaron's account of the many barriers aid workers must overcome to respond to urgent needs in the DRC.
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