Five women to inspire you

By celebrating International Women’s Day, we join in solidarity with women around the world who are overcoming discrimination, prejudice and inequality to lead the way in creating a more equal world. Here are 5 amazing women to inspire you. 1. Helen Pankhurst - a leading women's rights activist “Feminism is a global issue, and our solidarity does [...]

The Top 5 Myths about Famine

To the people of South Sudan and other countries suffering from extreme hunger, ‘famine’ is just one of many words used to describe the level of misery they could face. The word ‘famine’ may not mean much to them, but for the people working on the front lines of this food crisis, the word carries […]

South Sudanese refugees find Grace in Uganda

Midwives are heroes. They save lives, they care and listen. Grace is one of them. This Ugandan 37-year-old mother of four left her family’s urban home in Kampala to serve refugees in Rhino refugee settlement seven years ago. Now, she mainly supports South Sudanese women and girls who have fled their war-torn home country. In […]

Twenty million people at risk of famine around the world

An alarming number of food crises are sweeping across several countries, with 20 million people at risk of famine in Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. By the time famine is declared, thousands of people have already died or are dying. Twenty million people at risk of famine is like all of Australia facing potential […]

One year since Cyclone Winston, Fiji is still rebuilding

Scraps of wood, broken bricks and sheets of corrugated iron are piled atop the foundations where family homes once stood. Alumita, a mother of three girls, points to the spot in her former home where she huddled her children during the storm. As the house was crumbling down around them, she used her own body […]

Six things to know about food crises in East Africa

The countries of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia) are experiencing a severe drought. Families are in urgent need of food and water. “This is no ordinary drought. It’s the worst ever experienced in Sool region since 1974,” an 85-year old man told CARE. Why is there another food crisis happening in East Africa? […]

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