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Carrying water and holding on to hope in Northeast Syria

In a small village on the Syrian-Iraqi border in Al-Hasakeh, two cousins, Hala*, 12, and Hiba*, 9, begin their mornings like many other girls in the area, with courage that seems far older than their years. Each carries an empty plastic jerrycan almost half her size to reach the nearest water source. Hala* is in the […]

Women’s empowerment: Guilaine Nauni’s journey in Vanuatu

When Guilaine Nauni joined CARE Vanuatu’s Young Women’s Leadership Program (YWLP) in 2017, she was a young woman seeking opportunity. Today, she is a confident leader, entrepreneur, and community advocate, using her skills to support others, especially women and single mothers. As one of the first YWLP participants, Guilaine gained skills in leadership, gender equality, […]

Supporting clean water access in rural communities: overcoming challenges

It’s easy to take for granted how simple access to water is. For millions of families around the world, this simple act of turning on a faucet to access clean, safe water is not so simple at all. Women and children trek for hours a day searching for water, walk miles to collect it from […]

The cost of unsafe water in conflict zones: Esther’s story

When violence shatters a community, access to clean water can mean the difference between safety and survival. This was the reality for Esther and her mother, Afijau, when armed rebels attacked their village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, destroying homes and forcing them, along with many other families, to flee. The hidden dangers of […]

The reality for mothers in Sudan’s war

Galatia, 40, does not know where she is, when she goes into labour. She has been walking for days through the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, carrying her pregnancy and leading seven of her youngest children along narrow bush paths, fleeing the war. “I was so scared when I felt my baby come. I just saw […]

Women Deliver 2026: centring voices, growing confidence, and backing women’s leadership

Last week, Melbourne hosted the world’s largest gender equality conference, Women Deliver, for the first time ever in the Oceanic‑Pacific region. From Monday 27 April to Thursday 30 April, more than 6,000 delegates from 189 countries came together to share ideas, challenge systems and re‑imagine a more equal world. For CARE, Women Deliver was […]

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