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Meet the aid worker helping Yazidi women put their lives back together after ISIS

When you hear the phrase “aid worker”, what picture comes to mind? Probably a khaki-clad hero working far from home, right? Maybe an Australian? While it’s true some aid workers travel – and there are many heroic Aussies out there – the vast majority of people who carry out lifesaving aid work for organisations like […]

Eid in Yemen a sad reminder of life before war

As Ramadan comes to an end and millions of people around the world celebrate Eid, the citizens of Yemen face another bittersweet holiday season. CARE’s Mohammed Almahdi reflects on how life has changed for him and his fellow Yemenis throughout more than four years of war. Eid has always had a special place in [...]

This single mother was building her own house brick by brick. Then a cyclone changed everything.

Life was looking up for Victoria Rosario. Twelve years ago her husband left her to raise their 10 children alone, but the now 46-year-old from Mozambique had quite literally been putting her life back together brick by brick. “I had a piece of land that I was cultivating, and I had many chickens. I would […]

They will never wake again: Yemen airstrikes kill sleeping family

Yesterday a new round of deadly airstrikes in Yemen shattered hopes for peace in a country where one child is dying every twelve minutes. CARE’s Alex Hilliard is in the capital, Sana’a, where the airstrikes hit. During Ramadan, Sana’a is very quiet in the mornings. I usually go out onto our terrace first thing […]

How this teenager went from fleeing Syria to competing in the Olympics

Azraq refugee camp in Jordan is home to more than 40,000 refugees who have fled the continuing violence in Syria. Children who have suffered, lost loved ones, and witnessed horrific atrocities can be forever altered by their trauma. CARE helps them recover and get their lives back on track by providing a variety of educational, [...]

“It can be hard to be a woman.”

Hanlee (27) works at a garment factory in Laos. The factory is so far from her hometown that she, like many workers, lives in the factory’s dormitory. She dreams of one day owning her own sewing shop, but right now has no choice but to continue working in the factory to earn money. Sometimes she […]

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