Media Releases

Statement from CARE Australia on landslide in Enga, PNG

May 24, 2024

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 Yambali Village is obstructed, which [...]

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

May 10, 2024

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 given that food and other […]

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

May 8, 2024

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 Australia has commissioned research to shed a light on [...]

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 [...]