HUMANITARIAN RELIEF

Famine and conflict have driven hundreds of thousands of desperate Somali families into the neighbouring country of Kenya. A team of nurses, doctors and a reconstruction builder from Canada have dedicated themselves to offer medical care in a makeshift clinic to hundreds of people a day who are suffering from malaria, pneumonia, worms, anemia and diarrhea. They also distribute badly needed donations of food and medicine.

In the poor districts of South Africa, many children live in absolute poverty. A large percentage are orphans and are abandoned or their parents are absent because of alcohol and drugs. They become easy targets for gang activity, prostitution and more.

Two volunteers supported by a C.A.R.E. travel award introduced an activity program with the children near Cape Town that used the game of soccer to try to teach a positive new reality of life. Along with life music and craft classes, the...

After the raging Typhoon Onday struck the Philippines with devastating force, a UBC student traveled to one of the poorest slum areas, called Navatos, to help the local community raise funds to support impoverished youth education

After the raging Typhoon Onday struck Philippines with devastating force, a University of British Columbia student assisted with a C.A.R.E. travel award traveled to one of the poorest slum areas called Navotas, located in the Metropolitan Manila region, to help the...

A local school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was destroyed by the merciless Asian tsunami and the only English teacher of that school was killed. To help the recovery, a volunteer spent three months assisting with the reconstruction and rehabilitation effort. He became a much-loved English teacher at the local university.

With the support of a C.A.R.E. travel grant, a volunteer teacher from Canada arrived at the English language center at the Universitas Syiah Kuala in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. He...

The small fishing community in southern Peru was struck by an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude. Hundreds were killed during the disaster and countless homes and buildings were turned to rubble due to poor building methods. To minimize future earthquake damage, C.A.R.E. sent volunteers to help the local people construct earthquake-resistant residences, saving lives through primary prevention.

Many of the families in the fishing community of San Andres in Peru were torn apart when the 8.0 magnitude...

When the Tsunami hit Chennai, India, the slums of Anju Kudasai were hard hit and sanitary services and equipment were destroyed. A small team of volunteers from Canada, supported by a travel grant from C.A.R.E., arrived to rebuild the toilet and drainage system, averting a potential outbreak of malaria, dengue fever and cholera.

With the support of C.A.R.E. and Asia Miles, Dr. Martin Bunch from the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University led a team of seven to recover and rebuild...