How does having a savings account promote men’s engagement?
Women in Malawi say that being able to open their own bank account or save with a VSLA has caused their husbands to be more engaged. Find out why.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
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.
How farmers' experiments mobilized millions of dollars in government money
Not only could they grow vegetables, but they could earn their investment back in as little as 3 days.
‘White gold’ brings wells of hope
A cotton flower is soft, fluffy and beautiful. But a 40 kilo bag of cotton is a 40 kilo bag - and Severine and Maina, two middle-aged women, have come a long way transporting their heavy load to the buyers' market here in Muape, northern Mozambique. They…
Reducing our willingness to accept gender-based violence
CARE Rwanda has figured out how to drop social acceptance of gender-based violence by 83%. Let’s have them come teach the USA.
Women Power in Sri Lanka
“Remember one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in recent history? 11 years ago, a Tsunami killed over 230,000 people in Asia and Africa, and devastated large parts of Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka. The latter country was in the middle of…
How do you turn soybeans into schoolbooks?
“Women’s empowerment is when a woman is able to take bold decisions and can do things to help herself and even other women in a community.”
What does youth getting involved in government have to do with a 25x increase in milk production?
CARE Egypt recently took a look at its overall impact across 10 years of programming, and the results are astonishing. Find out more.
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.