A woman in Ecuador carries a CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies up a hill. Photo: CARE

The new CARE PACKAGE® for Emergencies was designed to do what few disaster relief kits have managed before: address multiple survival and dignity needs in one portable package. Directors from countries where the package has been tested say it is already changing how communities experience disaster response.

In Malawi, Samuel Zonda demonstrates how the solar charger in the CARE PACKAGE for Emergencies is used to charge the emergency light. Behind Samuel, the tarp included in the kit is used as a shelter: CARE Malawi

More than an emergency kit

Faces crowd around a small black phone screen as sheets of rain pound against a tarp overhead. For a few long seconds, nobody speaks. A grandmother presses her palms together beneath her chin.…