Media Releases

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

May 7, 2024

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. Civilians in Rafah and throughout [...]

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

April 15, 2024

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 They Are Women: How the Sudan conflict has created a war on women and girls. This [...]

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

April 6, 2024

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 rapidly rising, especially among children under the [...]

IPC Report: Half of Gaza Experiencing ‘Catastrophic’ Hunger, Famine Imminent in Northern Governates

March 19, 2024

The Integrated Food Security and Nutrition Phase Classification (IPC) report, released on Monday paints an extraordinarily dire picture of extreme hunger, malnutrition, and desperation in Gaza. It also underscores how fast the humanitarian crisis has been accelerating and widening, confirming continuous warnings by aid groups like CARE since the beginning of the conflict. “The crisis in Gaza [...]

CARE warns: Babies and toddlers in North Gaza dying slow and painful death from starvation

March 18, 2024

Over five months after the October 7th attacks and the devastating conflict in Gaza, CARE and its partner organization Juzoor warn that young children in North Gaza are increasingly at risk of dying of hunger and malnutrition. A recent analysis of data of 1,329 children aged 2 and younger in North Gaza shows that children categorized [...]

Reinstated funding for UNRWA: Statement from CARE Australia

March 15, 2024

CARE Australia welcomes the news from the Foreign Minister Penny Wong, that the Australian Government will be resuming funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA plays an essential role in the humanitarian response, delivering scaled and immediate aid to meet the unprecedented needs across Gaza. Over 5 months since the beginning [...]