Thanks to a CARE-supported project, pig farming is a becoming an unlikely poverty-fighting tool in rural Vietnam.
The house that pigs built
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.
OPINION: Empowered women, hopeful future
Earlier this year former Westpac CEO and current CARE Women’s Empowerment Ambassador Gail Kelly visited some of our projects supporting women and girls in Vanuatu. Here, she recalls how meeting a young woman named Lily helped cement her belief that a better tomorrow begins with empowering women today.
