Topic: Education

Patrick Vuonze works with CARE in South Sudan. He is committed to bringing justice and equality to women in girls in a country where there are still many obstacles in the way.

In Nizip, Turkey, Syrian refugees are gathered in CARE's Information Protection Space. They are participating in awareness raising sessions take place every week with ‘community activators’. These are men and women chosen from their communities to learn how to tackle issues like gender based violence, child labor, early marriage and family planning.

“I am very privileged to have this Accelerated Learning Program in my village as this initiative brought a ray of hope for my bright future”.

Aisha determined to pursue her future and setting an example for her fellows

Salima still can’t believe that her association is about to mark its 10th anniversary, despite all the challenges. ‘I called it Light of Life, because life here is full of clouds and darkness.’

Helping mothers with healthy timing and spacing of births promotes their children’s health too.

“We stay in our tent every night because bad things happen at night here. It’s not safe,” says Josephine

It is a bright hot and sunny day when Baraka Ali and her daughter had this conversation in their yard in a village in the South-East of Niger.

In 1975, Zabon Moussou saw its secondary school open its doors. 40 years later, Haoua is the first girl to graduate.