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Dec 22, 2011
OTTAWA, ON (December 22, 2011) - The HUMANITARIAN COALITION will host a media briefing call and Q&A session on Thursday January 5, 2012, in English at 9:00am and French at 9:30 a.m., to provide...
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Dec 13, 2011
OTTAWA, Dec. 13, 2011 – CARE Canada is pleased to announce former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Louise Fréchette as its new board chair. Ms. Fréchette, who has been on the CARE...
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Dec 09, 2011
Montreal, December 9, 2011 – For its fifth year, CARE invites skiers and snowboarders to show their generosity by combining skiing with international development at Ski4CARE, a ski event held at Mont...
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Dec 02, 2011
CARE is hosting a delegation of ten women from the Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) at the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan. These women’s rights advocates will meet with policy makers, officials and...
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Nov 29, 2011
Geneva, November 29, 2011 - At this year’s UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, CARE International urges all negotiating parties to come prepared to tackle the growing climate crisis...
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Nov 21, 2011
CARE International and OCHA release report on the importance of sex- and age-disaggregated data for effective humanitarian relief
NEW YORK (21 November, 2011): In a report launched today, leading...
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Aug 17, 2011
Ottawa, ON (August 17, 2011) - The HUMANITARIAN COALITION wishes to express its gratitude to the Government of Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) for its contribution of...
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Aug 03, 2011
Ottawa, ON (August 3, 2011) - Canada’s leading humanitarian organizations and members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION are working in East Africa and are providing urgently needed relief to the most...
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Jul 26, 2011
OTTAWA, July 26, 2011 – Kevin McCort, president and CEO of CARE Canada, a member of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, returns from a week-long visit to Kenya, which included the Dadaab refugee camp,...
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Jul 22, 2011
OTTAWA, July 22, 2011 – Canada’s leading humanitarian organizations and members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION commend the Canadian government for its contribution of an additional $50 million and a...
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Jul 21, 2011
OTTAWA, July 21, 2011 – Famine has been officially declared in two regions of southern Somalia. This declaration confirms that the drought crisis in East Africa is the worst humanitarian crisis in...
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Jul 20, 2011
Canada’s leading relief agencies renew call for urgent donations to prevent massive loss of life
Ottawa, ON (July 20, 2011) – The United Nations today declared a famine in parts of Somalia, the...
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Jul 18, 2011
OTTAWA, July 18, 2011 – Kevin McCort, president and CEO of CARE Canada, a member of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, will travel to East Africa amid the most severe drought the region has...
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Jul 15, 2011
July 15, 2011 – The East Africa Drought Crisis continues to spread. At least 11 million people are now affected across the region, particularly in Somalia, southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya...
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Jul 12, 2011
OTTAWA, July 12, 2011 - Female refugees fleeing conflict and hunger in East Africa are facing another threat: rape and sexual violence. According to UNHCR reports, the numbers of sexual and gender-...
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Jul 11, 2011
Emergency response to reach 1.8 million people
Geneva, July 11, 2011 – CARE International, one of the world’s leading aid agencies, has launched an emergency appeal for US$25 million to provide...
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Jul 06, 2011
Canada’s leading relief agencies raise the alarm that millions face starvation as drought ravages East African nations
Ottawa, ON (July 6, 2011) – Canadian aid agencies, under the banner of...
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Jun 23, 2011
OTTAWA (June 23, 2011) – CARE Canada is pleased to welcome five new members to its board of directors and two new members to its executive leadership team. Clarence Cheng, Paule Gauthier, Shahid...
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Jun 20, 2011
OTTAWA (June 20, 2011) - On World Refugee Day, CARE Canada encourages Canadians to become informed and involved in the world’s greatest forgotten emergency – the plight of refugees. CARE is the...
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Jun 13, 2011
OTTAWA (June 13, 2011) – Communities in Haiti, including Carrefour, Léogâne, Grande-Anse and Artibonite, are experiencing a spike in cholera cases at the start of this year’s rainy season. CARE is...