CARE activates Clinics, Emergency Stockpiles in Pakistan The extent of the damage still isn’t known as historic monsoon rains have swept away dozens of bridges, hundreds of roads and thousands of homes making access to those affected extremely difficulty.

Seven Easy Ways that Every Father Can Matter Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 20. On that day, leading women’s and violence prevention organizations are asking America’s fathers to honor their daughters - and women and girls all around the world - by helping to end violence and make the world safer for women (...)

UNFPA and CARE Announce Partnership to Improve Maternal Heath Globally Leaders from UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund and CARE International announced today at the Women Deliver Conference an agreement to enhance collaboration on maternal health programs in more than 25 countries. This unique collaboration will bring together UNFPA’s effective work with (...)

CARE Calls on G8 Nations to Show Leadership on Saving the Lives of Mothers and Children CARE supports the Canadian government’s prioritization of maternal and child health at the upcoming G8 Summit and calls on all G8 nations to come prepared to reach an agreement for concrete funding commitments to support health care interventions that will save the lives of millions of mothers (...)

Aid Agencies Call for a 'Surge' in Aid Effort to Help 10 Million Facing Hunger in West Africa Ten leading aid agencies today called for a ’surge’ in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The centre of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population, have not enough food. A (...)

CARE to Congress: End Child Marriage and Protect Human Rights for Girls Around the World The United States Congress should take a leadership role in stopping millions of young girls each year from being forced into unwanted marriages, experts testified today at a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Representatives from leading humanitarian organizations, including (...)

CARE Gives G8 Yellow Card for Performance on Maternal Health CARE International is expressing its disappointment with G8 leaders who, as a group, failed to step forward and back the Canadian ’Muskoka Initiative’ with adequate funds for lifesaving maternal, newborn and child health care interventions (...)

CARE Brings Shelter, Dignity to Thousands in Haiti Six months after an earthquake killed more than 220,000 people in Haiti and displaced another 1.5 million, CARE is ramping up efforts to ensure that survivors have a sturdy roof over their heads and a strong foundation to rebuild their (...)

Critical Lack of Funding Hampers Emergency Response in Pakistan A massive shortfall in relief funds for families devastated by floods in Pakistan is hampering the response to a widening emergency that has left 14 million people in need of urgent assistance.

Michael Franti and CARE Host the Second Annual Power to the Peaceful Global Action Forum & Celebration in San Francisco Musician/activist Michael Franti and the global humanitarian organization, CARE, for which Franti is an ambassador, are joining forces to host the second annual Power to the Peaceful Global Action Forum & Celebration on Friday, September 10 in San Francisco. This unique event will harness the (...)