CORE is a global humanitarian response organization that brings immediate relief and long-term recovery solutions to underserved communities. When a crisis strikes, CORE responds immediately to fill gaps, mobilize resources, earn trust, and collaborate from within communities. Wherever appropriate, CORE uses CVA to empower communities with timely, effective and efficient assistance.
Contributions
Empowering Communities: Village Saving and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention in Southern Haiti
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Since 2019, Haiti’s economy has deteriorated for five consecutive years, attributed to a confluence of factors such as ongoing political instability deepened by the assassination of its former President and coordinated gang violence, socioeconomic crises, and high vulnerability to frequent natural disasters including hurricanes and earthquakes. As gangs reportedly control close to 90 percent...
29 October 2024
Empowering Communities: Group Cash Transfers to Women-led Community Based Organizations in Khartoum, Sudan
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On April 15th, 2023, violent conflict erupted in Sudan resulting in many deaths, a public health crisis, and the ongoing, large-scale displacement upwards of 8 million people, making Sudan the current largest displacement crisis in the world. The ongoing fighting between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that began in Khartoum has spread across the country....
6 August 2024
Empowering Communities: Vital rental assistance support for displaced Ukranian families
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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. The active conflict continues two years on, with 3.67 million Ukrainians displaced internally and 5.97 million Ukrainians displaced across Europe (UN OCHA Feb 2024). Given continued shelling, extensive damage to over 1.4 million homes, an estimated $10.5 billion in damage and losses to energy infrastructure, and the...
1 August 2024
Empowering Communities: Post-earthquake small business recovery in Hatay, Turkey
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On February 6, 2023, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, following by numerous aftershocks. The Turkish areas of Hatay, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya were the hardest hit. Immense infrastructure damage—including roads, medical centers, and houses—over 108,000 injured persons, over 50,000 deaths, and displacement of around three million people altogether left...
April 2024
Empowering Communities: Fuel vouchers to farmers during the harvest season in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
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Two years on since Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine those living along the frontline oblasts face the highest levels of food insecurity. 1.8 million people are struggling to restore food production and agriculture-related livelihoods.
Repeated attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure, such as the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 and the reduced water levels in the...
April 2024
Empowering Communities: Delivering rental assistance to conflict-affected households in Ukraine
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On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. The active conflict continues two years on, with 3.67 million Ukrainians displaced internally and 5.97 million Ukrainians displaced across Europe. Given continued shelling, extensive damage to over 1.4 million homes, an estimated $10.5 billion USD in damage and losses to energy infrastructure, and the exhaustion of coping...
22 March 2024
Empowering Communities: Multi-purpose cash assistance to wildfire-affected households in Maui
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On August 8, 2023, catastrophic wildfires in Maui County, Hawaii spread rapidly due to intense winds brought on by Hurricane Dora, devastating the town of Lahaina and causing widespread displacement across communities. It ranks as one of the 10 deadliest wildfires in US history since 1871 and the largest natural disaster in Hawaiian history. 80% of Lahaina was consumed by the fires, including...
December 2023
Empowering Communities, Piloting Multi-purpose Cash Distribution in Khartoum
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On April 15th, 2023, conflict erupted in Sudan resulting in wide-scale displacement and more than 25 million people in critical need of assistance. In Khartoum, rife with conflict and where international assistance is minimal for myriad reasons, many people remain sheltering in place, or moving from neighborhood to neighborhood seeking safety and resources. Given the lack of external support,...
November 2023