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.
Impact stories
Read stories showcasing the human impact of CARE's work around the world.
‘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.
Through mud, fire and the cold: Batoul is unstoppable.
In February 2016, Batoul packed a bag, carried her four-months-old baby, and headed into the unknown all by herself. She fought with smugglers, escaped a fire, almost drowned with her baby, had no food for three days, walked for a week in a cold forest,…
South Sudan is a five year old girl
Five year old Nyawich was born just 4 days after Independence. She has been living in the UN Mission in South Sudan’s ‘Protection of Civilians’ (POC) site since April 2014 with her mother Nyasigin, father, 2 siblings and grandmother.
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…
Better human health services starts with a healthy attitude to access for women and the world’s poorest
Access to basic things many take for granted -- healthcare, water, food, and a chance to work and earn a living, stand between a thriving society that can meet its needs while contributing to wider global stability. The plight of the poor affects us all…
Has stopping migration become the sole purpose of the EU overnight?
According to the policy proposal released by the European Commission and European External Action Service on June 7, the mind-blowing answer to that question is: yes. Stop migration to Europe with all possible means. Whether it is EU development…