Over the past week, Typhoon Goni (known locally as Typhoon Rolly) has wreaked havoc across The Philippines. At least 16 people have been killed, and more than 2 million people are affected as a result of destroyed houses, farmland, and infrastructure.

From 6th October 2020, unprecedented rainfall has caused severe flooding across Vietnam and Cambodia, killing at least 120 people and displacing a further 121,000 people.

Two massive explosions in the port of Beirut, Lebanon have killed more than 100 people, injured thousands, and destroyed countless homes. Families are in urgent need of shelter, food, and emergency supplies. Donate now to help CARE respond with lifesaving assistance.

COVID-19 Coronavirus has now reached some of the world’s most poverty-stricken and conflict-ravaged communities where healthcare systems are already weak and under-resourced, and supplies have been wiped out by disaster or conflict.

CARE has worked in Yemen since 1992 and is one of few international aid agencies braving the conflict and continuing to deliver humanitarian aid under extremely challenging circumstances. We have already reached millions people in some of the hardest-hit and most hard-to-reach areas.

Right now, east Africa and the Middle East are facing the worst locust invasion in decades, worsening the already catastrophic food crisis for millions of people living in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.

Syrian refugee crisis – the biggest humanitarian emergency of our time. 11.7 million Syrians inside the country are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 5.8 million children. In addition to immediate humanitarian needs, CARE is developing resilience programs, providing families with livelihoods support, and microfinance.

Conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has affected over one million people, and more than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh where they now live in makeshift refugee camps.

A series of severe droughts and conflicts have left more than 26 million people across East Africa at risk of hunger and in urgent need of help. CARE is already responding to the risk of famine.

In April 2020, category 5 Tropical Cyclone Harold tore through Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Tonga, destroying entire communities and leaving thousands of families without shelter, water, food and other essential supplies.

Your donation to our Global Emergency Fund means we can immediately provide lifesaving aid and services to those who need them most.  Every year, CARE responds to emergencies and disasters that affect the lives of millions of people.