Impact stories

Hardo tells his story on how gaining skills rather than hand-outs helped him improve his yield sustainably

As I step out of the vehicle, I can see a group of man seated under the plastic shed. They were expecting us. Today, November 11, 2016, a team of CARE staffers, two field agents and I, went to the refugee camp of Tabaraye-Bareye, in the region of…

How people in Niger are suffering because of climate change … and how they are fighting back

“Last week, I departed from Niamey, the capital city of Niger for a very special three day trip. Together with members of Niger’s Humanitarian Country Team, the Minister of Humanitarian Actions, Laouan Magagi and the UN Under Secretary General and…

Halima prods my knee to make sure I’m paying attention. “We people from Bosso are warriors, we’re famous for that. We never flee. We’ve been attacked ten times since last February and we never fled. 20 years ago there was a local rebellion and fighting…

Chief Ibrahim was forced to uproot 3,000 villagers and flee Boko Haram rebels

My name is Balkissa, I am 30 years old and the mother of four children. My husband’s name is Amadou, and together with our children we fled our home town of Damassak, Nigeria, when it was attacked by armed groups.

'Number seven' stands up from the patterned straw mat, rubs away the folds in her pink dress and approaches the five women that have been elected to run the savings box. She puts this week’s savings amount in a blue plastic bowl before the notes are…