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CARE Australia celebrates 1 Year of supporting Small Business Owners in The Philippines

International NGO, CARE Australia is celebrating one year of supporting small business owners in the Philippines. The women’s aid organisation, who launched their microfinance platform Lendwithcare Australia last year, has now fully-funded 75 loans, totalling $127k, to small business owners, 4 out of 5 of whom are women, in the South-East Asian country. More than 1.4 billion […]

Filipinos face Christmas without homes after Typhoon

More than 600,000 people in the Philippines are facing the prospect of spending Christmas in cramped and damp evacuation centres, as the country reels from Super Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette). With some phone lines still down, roads blocked by landslides and boats destroyed, emergency workers are still discovering the scale of the damage […]

These local leaders are changing the world

These fierce, local leaders are proving that when women are given the tools to lift themselves out of poverty, they bring their families and communities with them! When it comes to defeating poverty and helping communities withstand disasters: women are the answer. Here are just a few of them who are changing the world: Amalia, […]

See the most stunning images from 2020

Five of our photographers have shared their favourite images from the work they saw CARE implementing this year. As we say goodbye to 2020 together, take a look back at these photos - and the people whose lives have been impacted by the generous support of donors like you. A pandemic kiss in Ecuador by [...]

Rebuilding after losing everything in Typhoon Haiyan

Rosemarie had to rebuild her life after a typhoon destroyed her home in the Philippines. Today, her farm is doing better than ever, allowing her to send her kids to college. When Rosemarie recalls surviving 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan – one of the most difficult experiences of her life – the emotions are still raw. “I […]

Lives put on hold by war, these girls won’t sit still

When war breaks out, girls’ lives are uprooted in unimaginable ways. War denies girls an education, forces them to flee their homes, and puts them at higher risk of abuse and exploitation. But despite the immense setbacks and dangers they face, many of the girls we meet in our work are precocious go-getters, determined to […]

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