Marwa had to flee Syria when she was just 5 years old. Supported by CARE's Cash for Education project, she went back to school and hopes to help in post-conflict reconstruction efforts.
Najiba*, 27, has been taking care of patients in one of Kabul province’s hospitals for about seven years. Her family's life has been full of ups and downs, and she is currently the only person in a family of five who works.
How do you feel about mandatory HR training? Judging by the facial expressions in most sessions, people find it a necessary evil.
As the drought ravages Somalia, 420,000 children are at risk of dropping out of school as livelihoods are completely wiped out and the learners are drawn into the daily struggle of getting sustenance. Of these, 189,000 are girls who face the risk of retrogressive practices such as early marriages and Female Genital Mutilation.
Before the war began in Syria, Maha*, 50, never imagined she would have the chance at an education. Thanks to changing gender roles and a literacy program offered by CARE, Maha’s dream has come true. She “feels alive”. Maha shares her personal account of the experience below:
Strengthening Access to Livelihoods and Basic Services (SALI Base) ran in Niger from 2017-2018 with $1.5 million in support from USAID’s Office of Disaster Assistance, and reached 14,450 people. We partnered with local NGOs DEMI-E and Action for the Vulnerable (AVF).
“Me and my wife share ideas and dreams. We have a plan now to have a good house. It took a long time to come to this. Now we have our permanent house. During [training] we sat together and had two visions – the first is to put our kids in school, and this is happening as my first son is in secondary. The second was to have our permanent house, and this has also happened.”
Despite previous announcements that all schools for boys and girls would reopen on 23 March 2022, girls above grade 6 were sent home this morning, so the ban from school continues for them.
From 2013 to 2017 CARE implemented the Somali Girls Education Promotion Project, part of the Department for International Development’s Girl’s Education Challenge. Focused on improving educational outcomes the project reached more than 18,000 girls to raise the quality of educational provision as well as educational outcomes.
In FY2023, CARE worked around the world, contributing to saving lives, fighting poverty, and increasing social justice.
