Impact stories

Addressing women’s digital exclusion in a digitally advanced yet divided world, CARE implemented a comprehensive strategy, focusing on providing digital tools and skills to VSLA members.

CARE’s decade-long Tipping Point initiative in Nepal has empowered girls to have their voices heard, using the Girls in Action model to support girls in leading change.

The My Forest, My Livelihood, My Family (FUTURES) project runs in the Yaya Coffee Forest Biosphere Preserve in Ethiopia’s Oromia region and has reached 15,870 people since 2020, helping them earn money, grow food, and access health services.

Our Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) are a proven way of supporting women to develop financial stability, increase resilience to shocks, and invest in income-generating activities. But at CARE, savings groups are about more than just money.

We can't achieve climate justice without gender justice.That means that addressing the root causes of the climate emergency will require the engagement of men and boys as actors with agency working alongside women allies.

By joining a VSLA, a woman can improve multiple areas of her life including educating her children, increasing her income, improving her access to healthcare, engaging in collective action, and so much more.

The Somali Girls’ Education Promotion Programme – Transition (SOMGEP-T) sought to improve learning outcomes and positive transitions for more than 50,000 children in school, and over 5,000 out-of-school girls living in remote and rural areas.

According to a recently published Gender Equality Annual Report, CARE has supported 16.5 million women and girls to increase their empowerment & gender equality since 2015.

The world of humanitarian response is bigger and more diverse than most people imagine. CARE and our partners do it all, working with people impacted by crises and local organizations to figure out the best steps to help people cope with the emergencies…