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Nepal Earthquake: Urgent care packages en route to hardest-hit Gorkha district

CARE will today begin distributing emergency shelter and hygiene kits to nearly 2,500 people impacted by the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Distribution of 250 kits is planned in Gorkha, a rural area near the epicentre where an estimated 80 per cent of the homes have been damaged or destroyed by Saturday’s earthquake. The official death […]

Nepal Earthquake: Relief efforts rocked by aftershocks

CARE is responding to a devastating earthquake that struck between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara yesterday. The death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake is expected to reach the thousands, with hundreds of thousands of people having lost homes. Vital infrastructure including electricity, water and roads have been severely damaged by […]

7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Nepal

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Nepal at 11:46am local time. The epicenter of the earthquake, which hit at a depth of approximately 15 kilometres, struck in an area between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara.

Multi-lingual education program transforming Cambodia

In Cambodia, CARE is helping children from remote ethnic groups go to school and learn in their native language for the first time.

CARE prepares to respond to Typhoon Maysak in the Philippines

Category 4 storm expected to make landfall Saturday or Sunday. Typhoon Maysak (locally known as Chedeng) continues to head towards the Philippines maintaining its strength with maximum sustained winds of 180 km/h near the centre and gusts of up to 215 km/h. Maysak, which was already downgraded to a typhoon from being a super typhoon, […]

Improving maternal healthcare across generations in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea (PNG), loses more mothers during pregnancy and childbirth than most countries in the Asia-Pacific region, due to inaccessibility and lack of basic healthcare skills.

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