El Nino: Crisis on our doorstep

Financial aid from the Australian Government to help some of our closest neighbours mitigate the effects of El Nino has been welcomed. $9 million has been pledged to Pacific countries facing food and water shortages including Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. However, continued assistance will be needed.

The house that pigs built

Thanks to a CARE-supported project, pig farming is a becoming an unlikely poverty-fighting tool in rural Vietnam.

Nepal earthquake: Six months on

When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on 25 April 2015, the world’s attention was suddenly on the developing Himalayan country. But six months on – and after all the TV crews have left – how are communities faring? CARE’s Lucy Beck tells.

Typhoon Koppu slams Philippines

A powerful typhoon has battered Northern Philippines, killing at least one person and displacing more than 23,000 people. CARE is on the ground and ready to respond.

Three meals a day in Timor-Leste

Here’s some food for thought for World Food Day this Friday 16 October: 795 million people around the world do not have enough to eat. That’s why CARE is working with communities like Judith’s in Timor Leste to help bring this number down to zero.

Syrian refugees: Resourceful and resilient

Necessity is the mother of invention and 50-year-old Syrian refugee Aeed has put his construction experience to good use at Azraq refugee camp, using scrap material to better insulate his family’s temporary shelter. He is just one of many combining skills and ingenuity to overcome lack of resources.

Supporting women and girls. Defeating poverty.

Supporting women and girls. Defeating poverty.

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