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Staff Blog: Madagascar Cyclone: "hitting the ground running"
CARE Madagascar's Country Director, John Uniack Davis writes about his experience of the immediate aftermath of the cyclone which hit Madagascar on 14 February. Thanks to CARE Emergency funds, like those you’ve given to the Rapid Response Fund, CARE has been able to provide vital help to those most in need.
Storm Giovanna hits Madagascar
An intense tropical cyclone made landfall on the east coast of Madagascar this morning. Assessments have yet to begin, but CARE estimates that around 100,000 people will be affected by wind damage and flooding. CARE will act quickly to bring much needed emergency relief.
Niger mother: I don't want to loose another child
Looking at her baby boy, Abdulahadi, Dije Ousmana has seen the signs before, and she is afraid: diarrhoea, difficulty swallowing, crying for more milk when there is none. But if help is provided now, we can prevent children in Niger from becoming severely malnourished.
Take a walk in Agnes' Shoes
Every afternoon, Agnes walks to a borehole, recently repaired by CARE, providing 300 other families with safe, clean water near their homes and school. It looks like a difficult and tiring task, but the 10-year old is happy to collect clean safe water that is just 400 metres from her home.
Staff blog: Experience tells me that we can help
Mandefro Mekete, Emergency Operations Coordinator, CARE Ethiopia, is no stranger to circumstances like those recently afflicting the people of his country. His family suffered similar things in 1984. The effect of the help his family got back then, gives him confidence that families in a similar situation now can gain resilience with the right support.
Video: Motherhood in Dadaab refugee camp
Unable to find food near their homes and unwilling to watch their children die, many mothers from Somalia have gone to seemingly impossible physical extremes, walking hundreds of miles in search of humanitarian aid.
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