Responding to emergencies
Recent stats from CARE's emergency response work include a fourfold increase in the number of communities who can take Disaster Risk Reduction actions using their own resources.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
How do soybeans lead to equality for women?
Women in CARE Ghana’s PROMISE program eat three times more soybeans now than they did in 2012, and are also 4 times more likely to be involved in household decision making.
How to triple the number of households with diverse incomes?
Get men to trust their wives.
When does financial education make you lively?
I would never have expected impact communities to say they felt "more lively" after pursuing financial and agricultural education. But that’s what they said. Find out why.
Fijians will keep smiling
CARE is working in Fiji with local partner Live & Learn to provide relief in the aftermath of Cyclone Winston. But for local staff, cleaning up after the disaster doesn’t stop once they clock off work – many, like Ba Provincial Council Conservation…
Mastering the skills to survive seasonal droughts in Ethiopia
Last week I visited CARE Ethiopia’s field office in East Haraghe to witness first-hand the impact of the El Niño drought in east Ethiopia. I had the chance to meet with members of CARE’s Village Savings and Loans Associations, among them a determined…
From milk vendor to coffee shop owner
The sun is scorching hot, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius in the town of Pagak, Upper Nile State. A crowd of women and men is patiently waiting to be served the traditional South Sudanese spiced tea and coffee common to the area.
A cruel and deceptive green
It’s lusciously green all around us in this eastern highland community in Chauve province of Papua New Guinea. Deceptively and almost cruelly green. My colleagues from CARE Papua New Guinea and I have driven two hours from Goroka, the capital of the…
El Niño Drought in Ethiopia: Families on the brink
Towards the end of February in the northeast of Ethiopia, a mother of four prepared a meal for her children with the very last sorghum grains she had left. These seeds were supposed to be planted for the next harvest.