Topic: Economic Justice

Millions of South Sudanese reached with lifesaving assistance – but more help is needed

Fati is a mother of 8 in Niger. She struggled to provide for her family until she became involved with a local Village Savings and Loan (VSL) group. After developing skills in leadership, business, and manufacturing, she began an import and export business, trading goods with neighboring Cote d’Ivoire. Her business has expanded and brought her great success, giving her the income she needs to provide for her family, and much more.

The global poverty-fighting organization CARE International is calling on governments, employers and workers to back a new International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention on “Ending violence and harassment in the world of work”

Fusool fled Syria with her family. When beginning their lives in Jordan, she received a grant from CARE to start her own business. Today, she sells Syrian food to provide for her family.

The determination and hope of Anita BK made her Vice-President among other 28 members in Citizen Awareness Center.

Regina arrived at Rhino Camp, a settlement of South Sudanese refugees in Arua district in north west Uganda, in July 2016. She had fled her home South Sudan, with her five siblings and two of her children. Traveling without her husband, life has been difficult for Regina. But things improved for Regina, and nowadays she earns a small income from knitting and embroidery. Regina joined a women’s group established by CARE.

CARE’s Women Economic Empowerment program helped Heba find the inner strength that helped her to achieve her dream of opening a clinical laboratory.

Despite conflict and hardship in Yemen, 45-year-old Amt- Al Salam is making exceptional efforts to cope with the situation and to fight all norms. With every step she took she was opening a petal one by one. This is her inspiring story.

CARE welcomes wide government support for first ever global treaty on ending violence and harassment at work