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Discover what CARE is doing globally to support women and girls

“I never knew anything about sexual harassment…”

At 34, Sorya already has 16 years of experience in the garment industry. She’s been working in factories ever since she was 18. In that time she has experienced more than her fair share of sexual harassment at work. “Sometimes my colleagues would hug me from behind and call me ‘honey.’ Sometimes they would tease […]

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“My youngest son is as old as the war.”

Mariam* seated next to her eight-year-old son, Mahmoud, discusses the struggles of being a single mother to four children during the war in Syria. “Two months before the war started, my husband had a heart attack and died. I was heavily pregnant at the time and gave birth to my son Mahmoud when the conflict […]

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A 13-year-old Syrian boy hears for the first time

What’s the best present you’ve ever received? For 13-year-old Abdulkader, it was the gift of hearing. Generous donors like you are helping support our partners Syria Relief to fit displaced children from Aleppo and Idlib with hearing aids — a simple, practical, yet life-changing gift. You can watch the moment Abdulkader’s life changed below. Thank you to everyone who [...]

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She didn’t have much but lost it all: the heartbreaking story of a conflict survivor in Ethiopia

No country saw more people flee their homes because of conflict in 2018 than Ethiopia. In just six months, 1.4 million people lost their homes to violence. Almaz (40) recalls the heartbreaking moments her life changed forever when the fighting came to her village. “It was evening when all of a sudden we heard gunshots […]

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Rebuilding a life nearly lost to Ebola

By the end of 2018, nearly 500 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had contracted Ebola, with more than half of them dying from it. Many of the survivors are ostracised because of fear of contamination. 18-year-old Nadej is one of them; abandoned by her husband and shunned by her community, she […]

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“My daughters freeze at night.” – on the brink of famine in Yemen

Across the besieged country of Yemen, millions of families are freezing, starving, and homeless. Najla (4) used to live in the warm, sunny, port city of Hodeidah in Yemen with her little sister (2) and her mother. Her father has passed away. In June 2018, as fighting reached Hodeidah, they were forced to flee to […]

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