The ongoing conflict in Sudan is rapidly pushing millions of people already facing hunger, further toward the brink of famine. Shockingly, estimates suggest that severe malnutrition threatens at least 730,000 children who could die in the coming months.
Read MoreTwenty-two humanitarian organizations in Yemen today are voicing our deep concern regarding the World Food Programme's (WFP) recent announcement of a “pause” of the General Food Assistance (GFA) programme, which will impact 9.5 million people experiencing food insecurity across northern Yemen.
Read MoreMore than six weeks since the beginning of the crisis, civilians in Gaza are facing an acute water shortage, leading to an unprecedented situation with life and death implications for the 2.3 million people living there, 70% of whom – according to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) – have no access to clean water. In desperate conditions like these, the risk to children under five is part
Read MoreCARE is there delivering lifesaving aid and defending the lives of families in crisis.
We are extremely concerned about the ongoing targeting of civilian infrastructure, including of grain supplies in southern Ukraine, and Russia’s decision earlier in the week to pull out of the Black Sea Grain initiative.
Read MoreA new study—Knowing Better, Responding Worse: How Mistakes from 2008 Led to the Food Crisis of Today—just released by CARE reported that 112.6 million more people around the world were driven to hunger after 2020, compared to the previous major global food crisis (2008-2009).
Read MoreWith almost 6.7 million people hungry, over 4 million livestock dead, 32%-75% of cereal harvests failed, an increase in food prices, and flooding in several areas, Somalia is facing a worsening crisis. Somalia's worst food crisis in 40 years is largely due to climate change.
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