Transporting women in labor with a handmade stretcher

In Ethiopia, conflict forces a return to old ways of delivering babies [View Online]( Fighting for maternal health in Ethiopia with two sticks and fertilizer sacks Kahsa grabs the two long wooden sticks from her neighbor’s storage and starts running. The sticks, originally used to transport fertilizer, are tied together with old linen sacks. Kasha is running because one of her neighbors is giving birth, and, because of the recent conflict in the region, this, the old traditional way of transporting patients, is how Kasha helps get mothers to the clinic to deliver their babies as safely as possible. [Read more](. NEWS “Today, in the streets of Port-Au-Prince, adults fight each other for a scrap of anything to eat, and from the mouths of the young, you hear, ‘I’m so hungry, if only I knew how, I would have already joined this gang or that gang.’” In the ‘shooting zones’ of Haiti [Read More]( NEWS “When I became a teenager, I wanted to fight stigma against my community, defend it, break stereotypes, and tell the world that the Roma community is as honest and decent as other communities in the society.” The 'VIP Gypsy' of Odessa [Read More]( Mothers in Gaza: “I cry when I sleep. I cry when I wake up. During the day, I try to be strong for my children” Six months after the start of this devastating conflict in Gaza, CARE spoke to displaced mothers about their current living situation, biggest fears, and their wishes for the future. Right now, the entire population of Gaza, 2.3 million people, is at risk of starving. Since Oct. 7, nearly 1.9 million people, nearly 85 per cent of Gaza’s total population, have been displaced. The majority of the 33,207 killed and 75,933 injured are women and children – on average almost six women and children have died every hour since the start of the conflict. [Read More]( Help CARE fight poverty and provide emergency relief aid to the poorest communities in the world. [DONATE TODAY]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Please [subscribe]( to get these and similar updates. © 2023 CARE All Rights Reserved [About Us]( [Contact Us]( CARE 151 Ellis St NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303 [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe](