Impact stories

“I’m now a better person, stronger and empowered. I’m not afraid of tomorrow because I know I can do it. I have a mission now. I must stand by my community women to support them and show them that if I did it, all of them can, too.” Fadah, Woman…

“I remember when this place had huge trees…it was a source of pride” says Kelle. After years in a camp fleeing conflict, Kelle and others returned to find no houses, and had to cut down the trees to survive. IT devastated the environment. Now, Kelle is…

“…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

Did you know there 150 million more hungry women than men in the world? That’s 3 times the population of Ukraine. The problem isn’t only that there are more hungry people in the world now—although that is tragically true. Women are more likely to hungry…

You know CARE teams are up to something cool when a national TV station says we’re being innovative and surprising them with how much engagement we can drive. Not only that, program participants say, “My daughter is washing her hands and wearing a…

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…

Ardo Dhunkel is a woman in Somalia who runs her own small business. Conditions in her village are so extreme that people have to survive on 13 litres of water a MONTH. The international standard for the least amount of water one person should have is 15…

“When people who need help call me, I feel like I am part of their lives” - from a music teacher in Syria to a humanitarian worker who supports refugees in Turkey

After fleeing the war in Ukraine, Daria Khrystenko started working as Communications Officer at CARE Poland