by Rick Perera.

If charity begins at home, CARE is in the right place.  Just outside our Haiti headquarters, many hundreds, perhaps thousands – no one has counted them – of newly homeless people are camped out in the main square of Pétionville, a near suburb of Port au Prince.

Thousands of People camp out in public squares in Port-au-Prince (Photo: CARE/Evelyn)

They wait patiently in the hot sun, but their desperation grows by the hour.  At night, groups of people can be heard clapping and chanting.  Some have hung banners, painted on bedsheets, with messages like “We need help!” in English and Creole. (more…)

A blog for Copenhagen

by Thomas Schwarz

Nairobi skies: Will there be rain soon? (photo: CARE/Freccia)

Last night, before I went to bed, I looked up to the skies. It seemed completely overcast by rainclouds. (more…)

by Thomas Schwarz

Even in Nairobi water becomes scarce (photo: CARE/Freccia)

It is not really hot in Kenya. At least not in Nairobi, where I arrived today. (more…)

People of Zimbabwe want to hope again (picture: Tim Freccia/ADH)

Arriving in Harare around 9.00pm, for the first time in over ten years, reminded me what a friendly place this is. (more…)

Clean water is crucial to stop the spread of cholera (photo: CARE)

Visiting a cholera camp in Zimbabwe can be frightening. (more…)