How does planting more beans get 175,000 cars off the road for a year?
According to FAO, roughly 2,000 farmers in Tanzania were able to save as many tons of carbon as getting nearly 175,000 cars of the road for a year.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
Want to grow more vegetables, increase income and savings, and empower women?
The answer is simple: Spend less.
How not feeling helpless helped communities in Malawi save 33% more value in crisis
How did they do it? With the generous support of DFIF, CARE worked with communities to create action plans, connect to information, and save money to deal with crisis.
How women keep the water on in Honduras
Six years after the PASOS project closed in Honduras, all of the project benefits are still going strong, including the drinking water. Find out how.
How a handful of rice makes the “merely impossible” possible.
“We have proved that we can make merely impossible things possible together. We know what poverty is, but we have forgotten to be defeated by poverty."
How paying for toilets saved money and made women feel safer in Niger
If I have to call the plumber, I think about how much my toilet costs me, but I’ve never considered how much money it saves.
How do you build the future with a penny?
Aliyi and his family rebuilt their future for a penny. Find out how.
Want to get 30 times more return on your savings and triple your reach?
Join a Village Savings and Loan Association in Uganda.
How CARE Zambia moved governments from hearsay to data
Capacity building runs the risk of being a development-speak word that means everything and nothing. But in Zambia, building capacity with civil society partners was the key to increasing the use of data in government decision-making.