Impact stories

Northwest Syria faces a deepening crisis as extreme heat, water scarcity, and food insecurity intensify, compounded by dwindling aid. Amira*, a mother of six provides a stark illustration of the daily struggles faced by millions in the region.

After surviving the 2023 Türkiye-Syria earthquake, Elcin reflects on rebuilding her life in Hatay, the hardest-hit region. Despite losing her children and mother, she shares her journey of resilience and recovery with the support received.

"Honestly, here in Lebanon, we don’t think about our dreams. This isn’t the country of dreams; it’s the country of misery. Really. We are without electricity, medical care. We are deprived of everything. There’s nothing," says Youmin, a small-scale…

The Kukua ni Kujifunza project (Growing is Learning) ran from 2017-2021 in Tanzania and reached 9,685 people directly and 24,272 indirectly.

Since 2008, CARE and Cargill's 34 joint projects in 13 countries have reached more than 4.6 million people, 600,000 people directly and 4 million indirectly. More than 2.4 million of those reached are women.

If women and girls are more hungry than men and boys, the solution is more food, right? Actually, no. Gender inequality means men and women experience food insecurity in different ways.

The Project PROSAM which ran from 2015 to 2022 worked to increase agricultural production for women and men in selected urban and peri-urban municipalities in Cuba.

Women and men in Ethiopia are setting up self-managed savings groups to open new economic opportunities and ensure lasting financial stability.

By September of 2022, the global food crisis had gotten so extreme that 205.1 million people urgently needed humanitarian food assistance just to survive. Tragically, if we do nothing to invest in long-term food systems, the crisis could worsen fourfold…