A box with three padlocks: The story behind CARE’s global savings group model

In 1991, Moira Eknes was a young CARE project manager in Niger tasked with adapting a successful tree-planting project for women in the community. On paper, it sounded straightforward. But the women weren’t interested in planting trees. It didn’t take long for Moira to realise the plan needed to change. “We did an initial survey […]

How a school in Ukraine is becoming a space of equal opportunities

For Maryna, this school is more than a workplace. She once walked its corridors as a student. Today, she walks the same halls as Vice Principal for Extracurricular Activities, watching a new generation of children learn in a building that has had to change with them. Supporting children with disabilities Built in 1985, the school […]

Nepal Floods: “When there was no road, we made one”

“Shovel haldai jane, bato banudai jane.” — “We kept using the shovel and making a path as we went.” That is how our driver colleague Subhash described his journey into the flood-affected areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa in Nepal. Among the first colleagues from the Kathmandu office to reach the affected areas, Subhash said the […]

“Without this health facility there is no life”: Funding cuts forcing closures in Somalia

Bushra is 30 days old. Her mother Khadra, 26, nearly did not survive her delivery. “I was so weak and malnourished. My body could not take it, we both nearly died,” Khadra says. They both survived because they had access to a CARE health facility in the displacement camp where they live, 4km from Dhahar […]

“No mother should risk her life to give life”: Advancing maternal health in Papua New Guinea

Safe pregnancies and childbirth should be accessible to every woman, everywhere. However, in many countries, pregnant women and new mothers face serious challenges to accessing maternal healthcare. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), many women and babies die every year during pregnancy or childbirth. According to UN data, it is estimated that 40% of women in […]

Standing up for the rights of women in Ethiopia: Kahsa’s story

Kahsa grabs two long wooden sticks tied together with two old linen sacks and starts running. One of her neighbours is giving birth. Because of the conflict, this is currently the only way for them to get mothers in labour to a clinic. “We are trying our best to reduce the number of home births, but […]

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