Impact stories

How confident are you that you know how to help another person facing sexual harassment? When something happens, are you sure you know how to help?

CARE Jordan interviewed Sara, 42, a Palestinian refugee, who started coaching and mental health support sessions at a CARE community center to help cope with the physical and psychological violence she has faced at home.

“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…

To help communities in Zimbabwe replace firewood with a sustainable energy source, CARE and partners are setting up home biodigesters

Between 2015 and 2021 CARE and our partners have contributed to global change for 161 million people in 83 countries. We use the word “contributions” deliberately: in all our work, change happens through the combined efforts of many different actors,…

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…

“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

CARE-funded Kabul Women’s Association promotes women’s economic empowerment, advocacy, and prevention of gender-based violence using community-based approaches