Three years after famine was declared in Somalia, CARE has joined other aid agencies to warn the global community that the east African nation is now at high risk of relapse unless support is significantly increased. During the famine, 260,000 Somali lives were lost to hunger, malnutrition and disease. In the three years since famine […]
Girl Summit: CARE pledges $7 million to reverse the tide of child marriage in Bangladesh and Nepal

As governments and donors gather in London for tomorrow’s Girl Summit to end child marriage, international aid organisation CARE Australia is urging participants to intensify their efforts to address the roots of child marriage. It follows a pledge by CARE to help communities in Bangladesh and Nepal to reverse the tide against child marriage. With […]
Three years young: South Sudan on the brink of famine

Exactly three years on from scenes of joyful celebration that marked the birth of a new nation, South Sudan is now home to of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and edging closer to full-scale famine. More than 10,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of violence in December last year. More than […]