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Working with communities to strengthen climate resilience
Including gender at the core and prioritizing local voices are key approaches to working with communities to tackling the climate emergency.
CARE's work around the world is amazing, and we have tons of evidence that proves it. These short descriptions highlight success and inspiration from CARE's work around the world and the evidence from evaluations, project reports, and external partners. They take no more than 5 minutes to read, and will link you to more documents and research if you want to learn more.
Including gender at the core and prioritizing local voices are key approaches to working with communities to tackling the climate emergency.
CARE has worked with partners to reach 7.3 million people in crisis from July-September 2021, and provided COVID-19 response to 8.5 million people. Learn more about our efforts.
The Omicron variant has made it clear that "no one is safe until everyone is safe." Investing in getting vaccines to the last mile for 70% of the global population, and paying the health care workers who do it, is the only way to end the pandemic.
In the 5 minutes it takes you to read this, 152 girls under the age of 18 will get married—whether they want to or not.
What would you do if your grocery bill dropped by 66% this month? Where would the extra income go?
“When the communities sit down and then they talk, they come up with the solutions that would work, not things that are just made up to say just to end the story.”
By making sure people in Bangladesh received necessary information about impending disasters, communities were able to act to prevent damage from floods.
After participating in Ethiopia's SWEEP project one woman said, “We are now heard; before we used to only listen.”
When you think about your wellbeing and work, what would make a difference to you?
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.