Impact stories

Today marks six years since the start of the Rohingya refugee crisis. Unfortunately, the environment is particularly difficult for women and girls, who face increased risks of violence and harmful social norms.

Access to maternal care and skilled birth attendants is believed to be of utmost importance in reducing maternal mortality — yet almost half of all births in Bangladesh still take place at home without the help of skilled birth attendants.

Here’s something that some would have never considered: eating a fish head proves equality at home.

CARE Bangladesh’s SHOUHARDO III program prioritized the Local Service Provider (LSP) model to ensure sustainability with the aim that the program can leave behind a system that functions on its own without program interventions.

What happens when you build gender equality into a sustainable market solution? That solution lasts and grows for years after CARE projects end. For Taslima in Bangladesh, the result means “I can save time, spending more time with my family… SDCV’s…

CARE's work with women in Bangladesh has shown that gender equality can only be achieved by comprehensive transformations in social structures.

You know what inspires me most about CARE’s COVID-19 vaccine work? The number of times I’ve heard someone say that one of the key ways to convince people to get COVID-19 vaccines is to have CARE staff share the message.

“Before COVID, the community didn’t really pay attention to us. Now we have a lot of power to make change – when we talk, people listen. It’s completely changed how we are perceived and treated.” - Female health worker, Uganda

By making sure people in Bangladesh received necessary information about impending disasters, communities were able to act to prevent damage from floods.