Development Blog
COVID-19 and the garment industry: Protect workers, transform the industry
By Joe Sutcliffe 08th Apr 2020
The garment industry employs 60 million workers around the world, nearly 75% of whom are women. The International Labour Organization has estimated that nearly 25 million jobs could be lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and women working…
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Ruksana Begum earns a precarious living as a garment worker in Bangladesh
What do health workers in refugee camps see change when they get support? In Uganda they say, “It has helped a lot… people used to die so much in the communities but they were made aware of good health seeking…
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Mansura Begum, who works for CARE Bangladesh, displays a COVID-19 awareness message
All over the world recently there have been outpourings of support and appreciation for frontline health workers (FHWs) and their heroic efforts fighting COVID-19. Of course, doctors, nurses, midwives, and other health providers have been performing vital and life-saving services…
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Health worker in Bangladesh wearing a mask in light of the coronavirus outbreak
5 minute inspiration: How to respond to epidemics with courage and hope
By Emily Janoch 27th Mar 2020
Everything about the news on COVID-19 is scary. We don’t know yet what the long-term impacts will be. We don’t know how long it will last. What we do know, from decades of responding to epidemics in some of the…
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Coronavirus Emergency: Help stop the spread
If you go to many schools in poor countries or refugee camps, you will see kids washing their hands like they are scrubbing in for surgery. They are much more thorough than most Americans, where apparently 69% of men don’t…
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Regular hand washing is key to halting the spread of the coronavirus
Holding back the flood: Using savings groups to relocate from risk in Malawi
By Crystal Whitaker 23rd Mar 2020
As the climate crisis makes natural disasters a daily reality for people around the world, communities and humanitarian organisations are looking for ways to mitigate risks and build resilience. In 2019, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai – which ravaged…
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People queuing to receive water and hygiene items from CARE at a camp for flood-displaced people in Nsanje, Malawi
