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.
What’s the first thing you remember reading? A children’s book? A magazine? A sign in a classroom? In Timor Leste, for people under the age of 20, the first thing they remember reading is probably something CARE produced. If you have anything in your house to read in rural Timor Leste, it’s going to include Lafaek—a suite of magazines that CARE has been producing since 2001
CARE's work with women in Bangladesh has shown that gender equality can only be achieved by comprehensive transformations in social structures.
Between 2015 and 2021 CARE and our partners have contributed to global change for 161 million people in 83 countries. We use the word “contributions” deliberately: in all our work, change happens through the combined efforts of many different actors, including civil society and movements, governments, and the private sector.
You know CARE teams are up to something cool when a national TV station says we’re being innovative and surprising them with how much engagement we can drive. Not only that, program participants say, “My daughter is washing her hands and wearing a facemask all the time.”
You know what inspires me most about CARE’s COVID-19 vaccine work? The number of times I’ve heard someone say that one of the key ways to convince people to get COVID-19 vaccines is to have CARE staff share the message.
“…can you imagine that for a whole year I haven't had a single maternal death!" That’s what one health worker has to say about the change since working with TAMANI—fewer complications and fewer deaths.
If you need health care, who makes the decisions about where you go, when you can visit a health center, and what treatment you can get? Do you have to ask permission from someone in your house? In Somalia, at the start of the project, 79% of women couldn’t make decisions themselves about when they or their kids got health care. 85% said they needed a husband’s permission to visit a clinic. By the end of the project, only 17% of women said they couldn’t make decisions about health care.
“I’m now a better person, stronger and empowered. I’m not afraid of tomorrow because I know I can do it. I have a mission now. I must stand by my community women to support them and show them that if I did it, all of them can, too.” Fadah, Woman entrepreneur in Syria. In some of the scariest situations and hardest years in the world, we’ve seen farmers find a way to produce with a little extra support. We’ve seen entrepreneurs find ways to keep food systems running. We’ve done it before—let’s do it again.
“Before COVID, the community didn’t really pay attention to us. Now we have a lot of power to make change – when we talk, people listen. It’s completely changed how we are perceived and treated.” - Female health worker, Uganda
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
