CARE Canada

06/15/2026

When someone is forced to flee their home in an emergency, they may have five minutes or less to grab their belongings and go. After they escape immediate danger, they still have to worry about where to sleep, what to eat and where to get clean water. That’s where our members come in to help with an emergency shelter and household items kit.

What’s in the kit depends on what people need during that specific crisis. In general, kits may contain:

🌧️ A tarp or plastic sheet to protect against the elements

🌡️ Blankets and sleeping mats to help people stay warm

🪣 A container for collecting and storing water

🍳 A basic cooking set

🦟 Items that help prevent disease, like soap or a mosquito net

Thanks to your donations to the Humanitarian Coalition, CARE Canada provided emergency kits (pictured) to 400 families who were internally displaced in Sudan. Community leaders expressed that CARE was the first organization to reach their remote location and provide support.

Your gift can help provide a family with a place to sleep and a moment of relief after they’ve left everything behind. Please give today: https://bit.ly/4xcB8sI

06/15/2026

Get Repost App • Humanitarian Coalition | Coalition Humanitaire When someone is forced to flee their home in an emergency, they may have five minutes or less to grab their belongings and go. After they escape immediate danger, they still have to worry about where to sleep, what to eat and where to get clean water. That’s where our members come in to help with an emergency shelter and household items kit.

What’s in the kit depends on what people need during that specific crisis. In general, kits may contain:

🌧️ A tarp or plastic sheet to protect against the elements

🌡️ Blankets and sleeping mats to help people stay warm

🪣 A container for collecting and storing water

🍳 A basic cooking set

🦟 Items that help prevent disease, like soap or a mosquito net

Thanks to your donations to the Humanitarian Coalition, provided emergency kits (pictured) to 400 families who were internally displaced in Sudan. Community leaders expressed that CARE was the first organization to reach their remote location and provide support.

06/11/2026

Missed work and school, lost dignity, health and physical harm, impossible choices. A period shouldn't cost this much.

We're rooting for equality.⚽🟰

Because when all of us—not just women, girls, and people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, EVERYONE wins.

Help end period poverty: https://care.ca/period/

06/10/2026

Alongside conflict, displacement, hunger, and fragile health systems, families in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda are facing this latest Ebola outbreak.

What exactly is Ebola? Why are women and girls at greater risk, and how are funding cuts making everything worse? Most importantly, how can we help?

Find out the answers to these questions and more in our blog post. https://care.ca/2026/05/26/ebola-in-drc-and-uganda-what-you-need-to-know/

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Families in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda are facing a new Ebola outbreak alongside conflict, displacement, hunger, and fragile health systems.

06/03/2026

🚲 Today is World Bicycle Day! Did you know that, aside from being a fun and economical mode of transportation, bikes are tool in the fight against inequality?

In some places around the world, riding a bike is a predominantly seen as something that's just for boys.

Studies in Uganda and Tanzania show that a bicycle can increase household income by up to 35 per cent, meaning they can be a strong tool to alleviate poverty.

According to the United Nations, bicycles could help nearly a billion people living in rural areas at risk of being left behind because education, health care, markets, and other critical services are simply out of reach.

A bicycle is powerful tool, allowing women and girls to access to education, healthcare and income-generating opportunities. When more women and girls have the same opportunities as men and boys, they create change that ripples across borders and generations.

Pictured: School girls with their bikes in Northern Bangladesh.

📷: Sarah Easter/CARE

06/01/2026

As hurricane season begins in Cuba, many families are still recovering from Hurricane Melissa while facing the impacts of an ongoing fuel crisis.

Frequent power outages have caused disruptions to water, food supplies and essential services, making daily life increasingly difficult for communities struggling to rebuild from last year's storm.

The crisis is especially hard for women and girls. They are often responsible for collecting water and caring for family members. Now they must walk longer distances to unsafe water sources, which increases their risk of violence and illness.

Through local partners and supported by Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, CARE en Cuba is helping provide essential assistance, including water tanks, mattresses and other critical supplies to families in need.

Norbys, Antonio and Marieta shared how these overlapping challenges are affecting their lives and what support has meant during this difficult time.

05/28/2026

Imagine using leaves, socks, sponges or even mud in place of period products? This is period poverty. And it affects far too many people, in Canada and around the world.

CARE and our partners are working toward a more period-positive world—tackling stigma and ensuring people who get their period have what they need to feel safe, dignified, healthy and supported.

When all of us—not just people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, we all benefit.

💗 Find out how you can help end period poverty at https://care.ca/period/

05/28/2026

Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day, and we're asking the question: How much does a period really cost?

It's not just being able to buy pads, cups, or tampons. For half a billion people—whether in Canada or Uganda—a period comes with costs far beyond what’s on the shelf: loss of dignity, missed work and school, health and physical harm, impossible choices.

A period shouldn't cost this much.

But when all of us—not just women, girls, and people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, the impact goes far beyond one person.

➡️ Join us and help end period poverty at https://care.ca/period/

05/27/2026

How much does a period really cost? Too much.

For half a billion people—whether in Canada or Uganda—a period comes with costs far beyond what’s on the shelf: lost dignity, missed school and work, health and physical harm, impossible choices.

But when all of us—not just women, girls, and people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, the impact goes far beyond one person.

CARE and our partners are working toward a more period-positive world—tackling stigma and ensuring people who get their period have what they need to feel safe, dignified, healthy and supported.

When all people can fully participate in school, work, and community life, we create a better, more equal world for us all!

Help end period poverty. Visit https://care.ca/period/

For a limited time and thanks to generous support from the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, donations will be 3X matched.