VIETNAM Soybeans and gender equity
Livelihoods and Rights Clubs (LARC) in Tet village, Nong Ha commune, Cho Moi district, Bac Kan province, Vietnam
Story type: Story
VIETNAM Improving the lives of villagers
Participatory Watershed Management in Nghia village, Ban Cong commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam.
MOZAMBIQUE CARE helps rural women find economic security
In the community of Mabote the Xindzala baskets of Mozambique have a long tradition. “My grandmother used to wrap her children in blankets and carry them on her head in bigger versions of the same baskets we make today,” says the village association president Lucia Lazo
MOZAMBIQUE Families move away from the edge of malnutrition
In the district of Meconta, in the Nampula province of Mozambique, most families live on less than one dollar a day
ZIMBABWE Cholera epidemic
By Julia Newton-Howes, the chief executive of CARE in Australia. She is currently visiting CARE projects in Zimbabwe. The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe so far has affected 70,640 people and caused the death of more than 3,400 persons (WHO figures, as of February 9th, 2009).
WEST BANK GAZA Staff blogs about the conflict
Jawad Harb is a Palestinian living in Rafah, Gaza, with his wife and six children. Harb has worked with CARE since 2002, managing a program supporting women’s centres in Gaza. Since the conflict began Dec. 27, Harb’s program has stopped operating because of the constant bombing.Throughout the 22-day conflict, Harb maintained a regular blog about his family’s experiences.
COTE DIVOIRE A garden of cohesion
Côte d’Ivoire was once recognized as a model of political stability and economic prosperity in West Africa. However, since 1999 it has been host to political and ethnic conflicts that have resulted in the displacement of thousands of people. Despite this difficult situation many women and men continue to strive towards peace and community development. One such person is Hélène. This is her story
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Building a better life in rural areas
'Often I don’t sleep at night as I dream of new things, new possibilities’, says Mariana when asked about the future of her children. Four years after the Backyard
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Gender based violence
"I am from the village of Ntamugenga which is near Rutshuru. On the 28th October during the night there was a lot of shooting during the night and when we heard it we were very worried and didn’t know what to do. There was then more than just shooting, there was a lot of noise coming from other types of weapons.