When does following your heart create a 90% drop in food shortages?
Women in Cambodia who are part of VSLAs saw a 90% drop in food shortages. Find out what else happened.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Fourteen years to ‘zero hunger’
World Food Day has been marked every year on 16 October since 1979, and is observed by more than 150 countries. One can’t help but reflect on the social inequity that for millions of people, food is – at best –- bare sustenance to make it to tomorrow. …
How ending apathy towards gender gives a $3.27 return for every $1 invested
Farmers in Ethiopia got a $3.27 return for every dollar of in-kind support. How did it happen?
Why USAID is recommending CARE’s Women’s Empowerment Models to All Implementers in Bangladesh
According to a recently published qualitative review in Tufts, “SHOUHARDO II produc[ed] the most impressive overall results.”
Why GRAD families aren’t facing famine in Ethiopia
In the face of the drought, CARE conducted a resilience survey to see how families are coping.
Three layers of resilience help Cambodian woman combat drought on her own
Before CARE built the community pond, Thy had to buy water when this became scarce. If she hadn’t learned to make a good income from her home-raised livestock, she wouldn’t have had additional money she could spend on this water.
Mozambique’s drought won’t stop the women of Mulepo and Chideme
Atália Massango knows what it means to be thirsty. The mother of four children lives in Mulepo, a small settlement in Inhambane province in southern Mozambique. Like many other mothers, she used to leave her home in the early morning on the hours-long…
El Niño: The worst is yet to come
“What exactly is El Niño?” I was asked this question more than once in the past months. For many El Niño is an abstract term, something that reminds them of difficult geology lessons. For 40 million people in Southern Africa, however, this weather…
Why spending less money in Bangladesh got better results
We built from community strengths, and supported a diverse and integrated range of choices for ultra-poor families.