“As a peer leader I am teaching girls to be confident and to make decisions that build their future. Everyone should be able to say no and not be passive. This has brought discipline at school and both boys and girls are now more confident to report abuse. Both boys and girls now understand the importance of education and dreaming bigger." Chidzabwe
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
Currently, 1.4 million children in Somalia are impacted by the drought. CARE helps affected families to ensure that girls like Hamdi, who dreams of becoming a Minister of Education, can go to school.
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.
“The commune [talked] to me with good words and friendlier than before when I go to use ask them for the administration documents for my children.” Students and people at health services talk about how now teachers and nurses don’t discriminate against poor patients or people from ethnic minorities.
To support Ukrainian refugees of school-age in Germany, CARE Germany and partners are distributing Back to School Packages with backpacks, books and other items.
The work represents the first steps towards CARE's Vision 2030: supporting 200 million people to overcome poverty and social injustice
After closures during the government changes, schools have re-opened for boys of all ages, but girls above six have been home for 10 months
The project aims to test an innovative pilot activity, layering Social Protection and WASH interventions targeting adolescent girls who have been disproportionately affected by coping mechanisms adopted during lockdown, to support their return to school after the several waves of school closure in Zimbabwe.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
