Statement from CARE Australia on landslide in Enga, PNG

ByCARE Australia May 24, 2024 0 comments

CARE Australia is saddened to confirm reports of a landslide which occurred early on Friday morning of 24 May in Enga Province, in the northern region of Papua New Guinea. The landslide which occurred at 3am PNG time in Yambali Village, took place in a remote area. Highway access near…

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Statement from CARE International Secretary General Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro on Rafah Ground Offensive

ByCARE Australia May 10, 2024 0 comments

It is unconscionable that an offensive in Rafah has been launched, after months of the world calling for the exact opposite. As a humanitarian organisation, we no longer have the words to describe the apocalyptic levels of pain and injustice Palestinian people in Gaza are facing. This is particularly true…

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Aussie mothers have access to 100x more water than mothers in Gaza

ByCARE Australia May 8, 2024 0 comments

Mothers in Australia have access to approximately 100x more water than mothers in Gaza, with the former using around 186 litres[1] of water a day, compared to 1.5 to 2 litres[2] per day in the Gaza strip. Ahead of Mother’s Day this Sunday, 12th May, CARE…

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Gaza: Military offensive on Rafah a ‘cruel and heart-breaking blow’

ByCARE Australia May 7, 2024 0 comments

As Israel escalates its military offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza, 1.5 million men, women and children sheltering there, already facing total deprivation and apocalyptic living conditions, are clinging to life by a thread. An immediate and sustained ceasefire must be implemented, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 2728.

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One Year Later: Women and Girls Bear the Brunt of Sudan’s Conflict

ByCARE Australia April 15, 2024 0 comments

CARE, Nairobi, Kenya: One year on, the pervasive use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in the conflict in Sudan is laid bare in a new advocacy brief issued by CARE and some of its partners, titled “Because…

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Six months on, elderly and children trapped sick and hungry in death zone

ByCARE Australia April 6, 2024 0 comments

Six months since the devastating conflict in Gaza started, CARE is gravely concerned about increasing deaths from illness, injuries, and hunger, with young children, pregnant women, and the elderly particularly at risk. Data from CARE’s partner organization Juzoor shows that communicable diseases including respiratory infections and diarrhoea are…

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