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Dubai Cares Partners with CARE International
to Support Primary Education Programs in Yemen
 
36,000 Primary Age Children Benefit from Care Program        Full Press Release
 
 
  • gender equity & women's empowerment
  • conflict & Refugees
  • water & natural resources
  • governance
  • civil society
  • girls' & basic education
  • emergency relief
 
Dubai: 10th June, 2008 –Dubai Cares today announced it has joined hands with CARE International, a global consortium of 12 member organizations dedicated to the worldwide reduction of poverty, to drive forward its objective of educating one million children in developing countries.
 
 In alliance with CARE International, Dubai Cares will develop and implement primary education programmes in Yemen, which remains one of the most underdeveloped countries in the Middle East. With its current portfolio of education initiatives, Dubai Cares has become the world’s largest charitable establishment, solely devoted to improving primary education for underprivileged children.
 
The joint Dubai Cares-CARE International primary education programmes, to be rolled out over four years in Yemen, will increase the quality and relevance of education to 36,000 primary age children in the rural governorate of Hajja, with special emphasis placed on providing girls with access to education. The programme will also ensure the construction of nearly 100 primary schools in the underserved areas, with six classrooms each.
 
GAZA: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION WORST SINCE 1967
Poverty and unemployment up, hospitals suffering 12 hour a day power cuts, water and sewage systems close to collapse
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
West Bank
& Gaza
 
 
CARE International UK along with Amnesty International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Médecins du Monde UK, Oxfam, Save The Children UK and Trócaire have issued a PRESS RELEASE on the current situation in the Gaza Strip.
 
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is worse now than it’s been at any time since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a new report published today (6 March) by a coalition of leading humanitarian and human rights organisations. The weekend’s upsurge in violence and human misery underlines the urgency of this report.
 
In their new joint report, the coalition - comprising Amnesty International, CARE International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Médecins du Monde UK, Oxfam, Save The Children UK and Trócaire - warns that Israel’s blockade of Gaza is a collective punishment of the entire Gazan civilian population of 1.5 million. The report concludes that the Israeli government’s policy of blockade is unacceptable, illegal and fails to deliver security for Palestinians and Israelis alike.
 
 
The Gaza Strip: a Humanitarian Implosion
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt
 
 
CARE International UK, Amnesty International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Médecins du Monde UK, Oxfam, Save The Children UK and Trócaire have issued a new report on the current situation in Gaza. The Report - The Gaza Strip: A Humanitarian Implosion  - finds that the situation for 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is worse now than it has even been since the start of the Israeli military occupation  in 1967. The current situation in Gaza is man-made, completely avoidable and, with the necessary political will, can also be reversed.
 
Gaza has suffered from a long term pattern of economic stagnation and plummeting development indicators. The severity of the situation has increased exponentially since Israel imposed extreme restrictions on the movement of good and people in response to the Hamas take over  of Gaza and to indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel. This report illustrates the gravity of the current situation across key sectors.

 
IRIN:  Sustainable income projects threatened by bad weather, access restrictions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yemen

Ahmed and Manar Khalouf, a husband and wife from Burqeen village near Jenin in the northern West Bank, say they always aimed to be self-sufficient and financially secure. After years of troubles, they are finally on the right path, though face some challenges.
 
Ahmed was unemployed for several years following the outbreak of the `intifada’ (Palestinian uprising) in September 2000, as he could no longer enter Israel for work, and the family of eight went through hard times. However, in late 2003 they received three sheep from CARE International, which they have since managed to turn into a flock of 20.  Read more from the IRIN's latest report on the West Bank HERE.

CARE case study highlights the economic and humanitarian consequences of the occupation in the Gaza Strip

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jordan

Khalid Alatar's daughter Mariam needs expensive medical treatment but instead he is gambling the family's last resources on a strawberry crop. He is making a last ditch bid to save his farm in the hope that it will rescue his family from financial ruin.

Read more of the case study in the UN OCHA's latest report on the Gaza Strip HERE