Iraq: “Being a refugee makes you act like a hero”
For Shorash Abdullah Khalaf, this year’s World Refugee Day will be a celebration like no other.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
The Period Taboo: A Universal Problem
The period taboo is one of the sexist stereotypes that affect almost all girls and women around the world. Here is a little tour of the world explaining the daily and concrete impacts of this universal taboo. And what you can do to fight this injustice!
Encouraging girls to dream big
Gajadharpur is a quiet village tucked between densely populated Baharaich city and busy town of Kaiserganj. The village home to about 3,000 people. 13-year-old Ranjani Gupta is one of them.
Malak’s story: A hero in the fight against coronavirus
Yemen has been devastated by civil war, food shortages, and COVID-19 – but Malak has not lost hope
Nine on the Ninth: Hopes and Fears for the World’s Newest Nation As South Sudan Marks Ninth Anniversary of Independence
When South Sudan was celebrating its independence nine years ago, *Grace was months away from having her first child after an unexpected pregnancy that meant she had to leave her family home and get married to a boyfriend she had known at school.
How rockstars get kids in school
What’s different before and after the Partnership for Learning project? 50,000 more kids get to go to school, and do better while they are there. Getting Jean Jean Roosevelt—a Haitian music star—to write and perform a theme song helped, and so did…
How Adaptive Management Makes Girls Better at Maths
From 2013 to 2017 CARE implemented the Somali Girls Education Promotion Project, part of the Department for International Development’s Girl’s Education Challenge. Focused on improving educational outcomes the project reached more than 18,000 girls to…
How men and women share their dreams in Papua New Guinea
“Me and my wife share ideas and dreams. We have a plan now to have a good house. It took a long time to come to this. Now we have our permanent house. During [training] we sat together and had two visions – the first is to put our kids in school, and…
17 years old, Yara, is a lesson in determination from North-West Syria
Yara* is a 17-year-old girl, originally from Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria. Before the war, Yara and her family led a simple, peaceful life. She attended the primary school that was close to their house and describes those years as the best times of her…