5 Minutes of Inspiration: Girls in Nepal unlock budgets for girls’ rights
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.
Story type: 5 Minutes of Inspiration
CARE's work around the world is amazing, and we have tons of evidence that proves it. These short descriptions highlight success and inspiration from CARE's work around the world and the evidence from evaluations, project reports, and external partners. They take no more than 5 minutes to read, and will link you to more documents and research if you want to learn more.
5 Min Inspiration: Change the way people see their FUTURES
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.
5 Min Inspiration: VSLAs are more than just money
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.
5 Min Inspiration: Climate justice requires gender justice
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.
5 Min Inspiration: 17.65 million people change their lives
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.
5 Min Inspiration: Reducing early marriage in Somalia
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.
5 Min Inspiration: Towards a gender just future
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.
5 Min Inspiration: What does humanitarian response look like?
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 they face.
5 Min Inspiration: 180 million people and 8 years of progress
Since 2015, when the Sustainable Development Goals first launched, 180 million people have made progress toward those goals with support from CARE and our partners. That’s an incredible impact which spans both humanitarian response and long-term change.