CARE Ghana
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Ghana

CARE started work in: 1994

Ghana ranks 138 out of 189 on the Human Development Index (HDI). CARE International works with communities in Ghana to increase food and nutrition security, build resilience to the climate emergency, and help empower women and girls.

What CARE International does in Ghana

CARE Ghana works with communities in 150 districts across the country to increase food and nutrition security and resilience to the climate emergency. CARE International also works to help empower women and girls socially and economically, and respond to crises with life-saving humanitarian assistance.

Reach and impact data
Total participants reached in 2021
  • Direct 290,179
  • Women & girls 51%
  • Indirect 1,392,834
Projects and initiatives: 17
Participants reached by program area
program direct
Gender equality 43,958
Right to food, water, and nutrition 90,316
Crisis response 17,071
Climate justice 58,205
Right to health 2,580
Women's economic justice 72,543
Total population impacted by end of 2021
  • All programs 347,259
Participants impacted by program area
program total
Gender equality 13,165
Right to food, water, and nutrition 2,089
Crisis response -
Climate justice 1,595
Right to health -
Women's economic justice 13,165

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Please note that the figures in this site may not be the same as those reported to donors or host governments based on different reporting periods. CARE's international aggregated reporting mechanisms always use the Fiscal Year from July to June.

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CARE Ghana program overview

CARE began operations in Ghana in 1994 by working to educate mining areas about sexual health and the prevention of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Today, CARE Ghana focuses on a participatory approach, working in partnership with local and civil society organisations, the government and the private sector.