Joint research conducted by CARE and the Development Policy Centre at the ANU finds challenges to overcoming rural poverty in remote Papua New Guinea.
Rural poverty in remote PNG
Education beyond the classroom in Cambodia
By Amelia Poxon, CARE Communications Coordinator At just 22 years-of-age, Soun Dyna last went to school 14 years ago. Her family did not have the money to pay for school fees, so she and her seven brothers and sisters only made it as far as grade two or three. As an adult, Dyna felt destined […]
Reporting from Dadaab Camp: 500,000 likely to arrive by the end of the year
By Adam Poulter, Emergency Response Manager for CARE Australia, writing from Kenya. Today, I spoke to a young woman who had walked for twenty days with her two children. They left their home due to the drought which has dried up all drinking water sources. She was sitting in a makeshift tent made from rough branches […]
Ethiopia: All that counts now is to save human life
In Borena in southern Ethiopia the last two rainy seasons have brought no water. The drought took one third of all livestock, leaving families without income. Little Salad is sleeping soundly. Gamu Kamad, his mother, is relieved. Just a few days ago, the 11-month old could do nothing but vomit. He could not crawl, he […]
Ellen is walking 20,000 steps per day!
Today we’re featuring Ellen Rose, an inspiring young lady who – in return for a particularly generous donation – agreed to walk 20,000 steps per day instead of 10,000. She’s raised over $900 so far. We’re so impressed! What inspired to join CARE’s Walk In Her Shoes challenge? I was inspired to do the walk because I […]
I am powerful!
By Cressida Blumson, CARE Australia’s Key Partnerships Officer and Vietnam Cycle Challenge participant Day 3 Today I shouted ‘I am powerful!’ after completing a 10-kilometre mountain climb, to have Justine, one of the other challenge participants, respond, ‘I am sore!’. It’s no wonder that she’s sore – today we rode a whopping 80 kilometres from Hue to […]
