Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
As many as 149 million children under five are stunted (too short for their age) and over 49 million are wasted (too thin). Malnutrition is more than a lack of food or calories. Good nutrition demands a diversity of quality food, with the right nutrients…
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting not just the health but also the livelihoods of people around the world. In Cotabato City, many from urban poor communities have been unable to work because of strict quarantine measures imposed across the…
"When the confinement of coronavirus began, I was starting my life over. I had just lost everything to keep my three-year-old son with me,” says Dima, 47, from Tripoli, the poorest city in the Mediterranean.
In Yemen, 24.3 million people, about 80% of the population, need some form of humanitarian aid and protection. Five years of conflict have left the country with the fourth-largest number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world. A total of 3.6…
The biggest human mobility crisis in the Americas has a particularly serious impact on the lives of Venezuelan women, children and LGBTQI+ people. In a recent CARE rapid gender analysis (RGA) of the refugee and migrant crisis, findings show that the…
In Ghana, they call them “market queens”—women traders who have the connections and influence to organize women, adjust market prices, and influence trading patterns in their area. Faced with government shutdowns in local markets to stop the spread of…
Communities in Ethiopia and Somalia say, “If we had not received aid when the cyclone hit us, we would not have survived.” How did we do it? By listening to what they had to say.
RAN-AINA ran from 2014-2017 in Madagascar with $1.2 million from the European Union. It reached 18,000 people directly and 82,068 people indirectly.
Yemen’s Emergency Assistance for Vulnerable and Conflict-Affected Communities ran from 2017-2018 with $10 million from USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. It reached 242,000 people directly, and 128,000 indirectly.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
