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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 […]

Cutting foreign aid programs can only harm us all

An inspiring piece by our CEO Julia Newton-Howes, published in The Canberra Times, 10 February 2011 In February 2009, as my plane touched down in Zimbabwe, I learned that Victoria had been devastated by the Black Saturday bushfires. Although Zimbabwe faces massive problems of poverty and hunger, everywhere I went people were deeply concerned about the […]

Haiti: Morning sadness under a new roof

Sabine Wilke, CARE Haiti Situated just west of Port-au-Prince, Carrefour suffered severe damage when the earthquake struck on 12 January 2010. Life has never been easy for the people living here, but since the disaster, things have become almost unbearable. In just 35 seconds, the earthquake transformed 90 per cent of Carrefour into a heap […]

Cambodia: Empowered for change

Chakriya Yangni, CARE Cambodia Botum is one of the young women supported by the LEAD project (Literacy and Livelihood Empowering Adolescents for Development) which aims to provide vulnerable, out-of-school young people with opportunities to earn an income. Botum is undertaking a tailoring apprenticeship and although she is sensitive and shy, I am struck by her […]

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