Seeking gender-transformative social inclusion in market systems
CARE Palestine’s Souqona project works throughout the northern West Bank to better connect men and women Palestinian farmers with vegetable, dairy, and seed value chains.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Minority women in Vietnam convince governments to use evidence
The Voice and Rights for Ethnic Minority Women ran from 2015-2018 with $400,000 in support from the European Union. The project was in partnership with the Vietnam Women’s Union, and reached 105 people directly and 22,000 indirectly.
The day that changed our life forever
Fatma is a mother of six children. Together with her husband they used to work very hard in one of the big farms in their village in Al Kushar district in Hajja. After years of hard work, they managed to build a small house with three bedrooms, one…
The last breakfast
“It was 7am, the whole family was having breakfast and I was about to go out with my granddaughter,” says Nasrah, recounting what began as a seemingly ordinary day in Yemen. Only things are not ordinary in Yemen, and on that day, extraordinary events…
Why governments think women on the move should get more money and more power
The Malian government is planning to give money to VSLAs. That’s just one of the many successes of CARE's Women on the Move. Learn more.
RESPECT, Niger - How refugees help Niger shorten the hungry season
The RESPECT project (Reducing Suffering for People Affected by Trans border Conflict in Diffa) worked with 5,833 people in Niger from 2017-2018. It was funded by USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for $2.8 million and worked in…
We see graduation out of poverty; Women in Ethiopia see joy
Women For Women: Opportunities for Women in Enterprise Development in Ethiopia worked from 2015-2018 with $1.7 million in support from the H&M Conscious Foundation. The partnered with the Mission for Community Development Program to reach 8,656 people.
How girls in Nepal are changing society — one toilet at a time.
Phase one of the Tipping Point project ran in Nepal from 2014-2018 with $1.5 million. It’s currently in a second phase that will run until 2020. Phase 1 reached 1,391 people. CARE partnered with Dalit Social Development Committee (DSDC) and Siddhartha…
Stop the War and Stop Separating Families: A Refugee Woman Pleads in Turkey
“Since the first day I arrived in Turkey, six years ago, I said to myself, ‘I will come back to Syria, I will come back’. I thought I would stay in Turkey only for a month, then one month became two, two became three and here I am, six years later, still…