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World Water Day: Solar power delivering clean water in Ethiopia

In Sana kebele, part of Dera woreda, a simple but powerful change is making a huge difference in people’s everyday lives. Before, the community’s water system ran on a fuel-powered generator, but only twice a week. That meant families were getting just 5.7 litres of water per person per day, far below the national rural standard of 25 litres. […]

Syria: “I Could No Longer Watch My Children Die”

The day Yasmin[1] found out that her husband was dead, she saw his body on a phone screen. A relative showed her a video of a mass grave in Aleppo. It was 13 years ago during the conflict in Syria. “I recognized him by the clothes he was wearing and the shape of his face. […]

Half of Aussie women think women globally are less safe than 5 years ago

Australian women are sounding the alarm. Almost half believe that, globally, women are less safe now than they were five years ago. This is according to new YouGov research, commissioned by women and girls’ organisation, CARE Australia, ahead of International Women’s Day this Sunday, 8th of March. “The findings paint a stark picture of Australian’s perceptions of […]

Ukraine: When Humanitarians Evacuate

The first time the missile hit her workplace, Yulia, a humanitarian social worker for CARE’s partner organization Avalist, came back the next morning and swept the glass from her desk. The windows of the community center in Pokrovsk she worked in had shattered during the night when the missile hit the city square in February […]

Strengthening leadership in PNG’s health system: Liza’s story

Liza had always been passionate about mental health and providing quality care to those in need. As a mental health practitioner in the West Sepik Provincial Health Authority for 15 years, she has seen the struggles and challenges faced by those with mental illnesses. But despite her dedication, she often felt limited in her role […]

Women and Girls Safe Space in Cox’s Bazar

Salma* takes part in a sewing class as part of a Women and Girls Safe Space (WGSS), operated by CARE and partner Mukti Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh The world’s largest refugee camp, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, hosts over 850,000 ethnic Rohingyas who fled from neighbouring Myanmar. CARE has worked in Cox’s Bazar and […]

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