Eyewitness account: Everything is urgent

Sophie Perez, CARE’s Country Director in Haiti, was in the CARE office in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake hit at about 5 p.m. local time Jan. 12, 2010. We reached her by phone at 6.30 a.m. local time January 13.   It was terrifying. The quake lasted for more than a minute. We were at the […]

Kenya: The women of Kibera are powerful

By Chris Northey, Emergencies Coordinator, CARE Australia The women of Kibera are powerful. I learnt this yesterday. Kibera in Nairobi is one of the largest informal urban settlements in Africa. Home to close to a million people crammed together in five square kilometres of land, it is a potential urban nightmare of the future, with […]

Sri Lanka: Mother’s Day in an IDP camp

In northern Sri Lanka, CARE assists vulnerable women and mothers in the camps where many have been displaced by conflict.

Responsibilities of a global citizen speech

By Jess Perrin, CARE Communications Officer Made to Cheltenham Secondary College, 27/04/2008 On Saturday we paused as a nation to reflect on those who lost their lives in war – people as young as many of you here today. Standing amongst other Australians at the crack of dawn and listening to the last post, together […]

Supporting women and girls. Defeating poverty.

Supporting women and girls. Defeating poverty.

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