Girls Dream Bigger and Lead Change
Funded by the Kendeda Fund, the Tipping Point Initiative addresses root causes of child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) in Nepal and Bangladesh.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
How Vietnam Helped the Government Rethink Community Rights
Promoting Land Rights for Ethnic Minority People ran in Vietnam from 2016-2018, with $785,000 in funding from the EU. It reached 1,211 people directly, and nearly 12 million indirectly.
How Zambia takes out the trash
The Peri Urban Community Driven Models for Equitable Services (COMEQS) Solid Waste Project ran from 2014-2018 in two peri-urban settlements of Lusaka District (Chipata and Ng’ombe). The project received $1.5 million in support from UKAID and Comic Relief…
A Syrian mother in Northern Iraq: “We Barely Escaped Syria with Our Lives”
Diana* left her village near Ras al-Ain, on the Syrian-Turkish border, with her three children after the military operation began in north-east Syria in early October. Her husband stayed behind to look after their house and belongings. While fleeing with…
Facing a Harsh First Winter in a Refugee Camp
While Ali* was at his house in al-Darbasiyah, a border town in north-east Syria, fighting broke out and bombings began. The women and children left the town on the same day to a village 20 kilometers away, while the men stayed behind. As the fighting…
4 human-interest stories marking 6 months since the devastating of Cyclone Kenneth
Six months of responding to the Cyclone Kenneth disaster and success stories
Sudanese helping each other
The South and East Darfur Emergency Assistance Project ran from 2017-2018 with $1.2 million in funding by the US Government’s Office of Foreign and Disaster Assistance (OFDA). It reached 309,981 people. The project is continuing through 2019 for a new…
5 Minutes of Inspiration: Sudanese helping each other
2 out of 3 of the people in CARE’s South and East Darfur Emergency Assistance project said what they want the next phase of the project to do is help more people in different communities. It’s an incredibly humbling fact: people who are getting the most…
Blackberries in Guatemala beat El Nino
It’s not blackberries alone, but with the help of green beans, snow peas, and new agricultural techniques, farmers in Guatemala were able to have higher-than-average production, even in the midst of a severe drought, and an 8.2% increase in income.