A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia early on August 15, killing an estimated 70 people, injuring more than 1,000 and displacing more than 40,000.
Read more about how CARE is responding to help meet families’ basic needs during the early emergency response period:
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- Hawa is struggling to feed her family. Food prices have skyrocketed during the lean season, and the sweltering heat signals the rains are close behind. She hopes she can get assistance in time to plant her small farm and buy food for her family. South Kordofan, a southern state
- Around the world, the people delivering humanitarian assistance are often living through the same crises they are responding to. On #WorldHumanitarianDay, Hiba’s story from Lebanon offers a glimpse into what it means to help others while navigating displacement, trauma and
- What began as one conversation in rural Niger spread like wildfire. But wildfires still need the right conditions, and getting there took constant adaptation, open-mindedness, and no shortage of trial and error.
- Five years after the Taliban returned to power, communities across Afghanistan continue to face one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. "Ordinary Afghans, especially women and girls and youths, are doing their best to survive, and they must not be ignored. " - Mohammad

