Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
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“As a peer leader I am teaching girls to be confident and to make decisions that build their future. Everyone should be able to say no and not be passive. This has brought discipline at school and both boys and girls are now more confident to report…
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To help communities in Zimbabwe replace firewood with a sustainable energy source, CARE and partners are setting up home biodigesters
“I feel stronger and more comfortable. I identified types of economic, physical, and emotional violence and know who can help me when I am in violent situation.”
“…we no longer see [menstruation] as a burden but a change that has to happen to every woman. Girls and women now feel more secure and safe than before...” Woman in Kaborogota
If you need health care, who makes the decisions about where you go, when you can visit a health center, and what treatment you can get? Do you have to ask permission from someone in your house? In Somalia, at the start of the project, 79% of women…
CARE-funded Kabul Women’s Association promotes women’s economic empowerment, advocacy, and prevention of gender-based violence using community-based approaches
Funded by the Kendeda Fund, the Tipping Point Initiative addresses root causes of child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) in Nepal and Bangladesh.
During this past fiscal year, 244 CARE projects and initiatives worked to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) with 12% of projects fully focusing on addressing GBV and a further 45% mainstreaming GBV prevention and response approaches into…
Community leaders in Benin are 26% less likely to support child marriage. Find out why.
In 2021, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice.
