Impact stories

The world of humanitarian response is bigger and more diverse than most people imagine. CARE and our partners do it all, working with people impacted by crises and local organizations to figure out the best steps to help people cope with the emergencies…

Since 2015, when the Sustainable Development Goals first launched, 180 million people have made progress toward those goals with support from CARE and our partners. That’s an incredible impact which spans both humanitarian response and long-term change.

In the third annual edition of the 'Her Voice: Listening to Women in Action' report, CARE is asking women what is happening in their lives—how are crises impacting them, and what they are doing to lead.

How confident are you that you know how to help another person facing sexual harassment? When something happens, are you sure you know how to help?

The Kukua ni Kujifunza project (Growing is Learning) ran from 2017-2021 in Tanzania and reached 9,685 people directly and 24,272 indirectly.

The Integrated Humanitarian Assistance Project worked with $5 million in funding to help 309,416 people directly reduce the impacts they were facing from COVID-19 in Sudan.

Since 2008, CARE and Cargill's 34 joint projects in 13 countries have reached more than 4.6 million people, 600,000 people directly and 4 million indirectly. More than 2.4 million of those reached are women.

Since 2018 CARE has been working with partners to address gaps which undermine women’s meaningful participation in decision-making in humanitarian contexts.

"I can go to the Health Center to ask for services without someone's permission" – Female PROJEUNES Project Participant