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The first female graduate

CARE has worked with coffee industry stakeholders in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for more than three years to help the industry be more inclusive of women. The Coffee Industry Graduate Program aims to increase the number of women working in positions that give training to coffee farmers. Alma Lance is the first female graduate to […]

Donkeys, dignity and dunnies in Dadaab

Good sanitation is important. It prevents children from illnesses like diarrhoea, keeps girls in school and reduces healthcare costs. Fatih is one of over 275,000 inhabitants in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp. She is 30 years old, a mother of one, and is a self-made woman; building latrines on her own. She crossed the […]

Celebrating mothers around the world

This Mother’s Day, we celebrate the millions of amazing mothers around the world, that CARE is supporting. These beautiful photo’s show strong women who are helping their families and communities overcome poverty.

Somalia drought response: It’s about saving people now

By Gareth Price Jones, Senior Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Coordinator, CARE International During recent travels through Somaliland, a self-declared independent state in the north of Somalia, I heard many stories of drastic loss. One that stuck with me was an elderly woman who had lost over a hundred goats to the drought. I asked what […]

Syria crisis: 6 years of devastating conflict

By Christina Northey, an Australian who manages CARE’s humanitarian response programs in northern Syria When the Syrian conflict began around the Arab Spring of 2011, I never thought it would last this long. Few did. Now, as it enters its seventh year, it is a conflict as long as World War II. The grim statistics […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day around the world

Our world today is still shockingly unequal. But we believe we can achieve gender equality if we join together to stand up and speak out. To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March and kick-start a month of #March4Women, CARE supporters around the world came together to stand in solidarity with women everywhere and help […]