Provide Lifesaving Support for Guatemala

Emergencies have different impacts on men and women and often change household and community dynamics. Women are disproportionately affected by natural disasters and face specific challenges in armed conflict. CARE is committed to working with women and girls, boys and men to free women’s potential to the benefit of society as a whole.

How we include gender into our emergency response:

• Having a gender balanced team with the ability to assess and respond to the different needs of men, women, boys and girls, and who know and respect CARE’s codes of conduct.
• Applying a solid gender analysis including sex and age disaggregated data (SADD). This means we analyze the different power, roles and needs of women, men, boys and girls within the community, and how these have been affected by the crisis.
• Grounding our emergency response strategy, program design and implementation directly on the gender analysis.
• Incorporating a gender lens in all of our humanitarian programs.
• Ensuring that we monitor the different impacts of our response on women, men, boys and girls, including by using gendered indicators and monitoring tools that allow us to see and track the different impacts according to sex and age.

Specifically in Guatemala, CARE has been responding to the Fuego volcano’s massive eruption not only with immediate primary needs which include shelter and household items such as mattresses and blankets but also with psychosocial support for affected families, particularly children in shelters. On the ground in the affected areas, teams continue to determine how best to meet the needs of affected families and communities.

“In crises like this, it is vital that families, particularly children, feel supported,” said Amilcar Miron, Programme Quality and Resource Mobilization Manager. “Some communities have been buried under the lava and ash, and many have lost everything, including loved ones. Our psychosocial activities help them cope with their losses and reclaim some level of stability in a desperately chaotic situation.”

We thank you for your contribution and commitment to CARE to ensure we are best meeting the needs of the women, girls, and communities impacted by the Fuego volcano eruption.

Links:

• Support for Families, Children Part of CARE's Response
• CARE: Gender and Emergencies