From our President & CEO Archives

Barbara Grantham – Travel Diary, Part Three – Morocco

August 29, 2022

Seven people are standing inside and facing the camera for a photo. They stand in front of two vertical banners that have information about the cooperative.

Recently I returned from my first trip to visit CARE projects in Africa since I became President and CEO of CARE Canada in April 2020. It was a wonderful and inspiring visit to Zambia and Morocco, meeting incredible people and learning how CARE and our partners are supporting women’s leadership.

Barbara Grantham – Travel Diary, Part One

August 16, 2022

From left to right: Michelle Nuun wearing a red shirt and black pants, Dennis wearing a green shirt and khaki pants, Loveness wearing a blue shirt and a multi coloured chitanga, and Barbara Grantham.

I just returned from my first trip to visit CARE projects in Africa since I started. To visit Zambia and Morocco, and learn how CARE and our partners are supporting women’s leadership, was a wonderful opportunity. I kept a diary along the way, that I am now sharing with you.

The Power of Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Crises: Marking World Refugee Day

June 20, 2022

Women Lead in Emergencies participants in Kyangwali Refugee settlement, Kikuube - Uganda. Photo Credit: Ekinu Robert/CARE

For the first time in history, the number of displaced people worldwide has surpassed 100 million people, according to recent data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

House of Commons’ Special Committee on Afghanistan: CARE Canada Opening Statement

February 7, 2022

CARE Canada President and CEO Barbara Grantham addresses the House of Commons’ Special Committee on Afghanistan.

How will you make a difference this Giving Tuesday?

November 25, 2021

Give now for Giving Tuesday We need your help to raise funds for 300 Emergency CARE Packages® and help provide emergency relief to those who need it most. All donations MATCHED x2

Giving Tuesday began as a simple idea, as most movements do: a day that encourages people to do good. Now a global movement, with millions taking part around the world, Giving Tuesday is on November 30 this year—just 5 days away.

Building a more equal world: Federal election 2021 and women’s leadership

September 16, 2021

Women on the Move is a CARE regional strategy to mobilize savings groups in West Africa, so that women and girls can assert their basic economic and social rights. The Women on the Move Impact Growth Strategy for West Africa and Women Lead in Emergencies have a shared goal of increasing women’s collective voice and action, wich is that 8 million women and girls between the age of 15 and 64 will be economically and socially empowered through savings groups by 2020. Ollivier Girard/CARE

The time for action is now. If we are to realize a truly inclusive recovery, we must invest in women and girls around the world.

Marking World Humanitarian Day in 2021

August 19, 2021

Nour (name changed for security), is a social worker at Ihsan Relief and Development, one of CARE’s Syrian partner organizations in northwest Syria. She works with displaced children, living in camps, to raise awareness about COVID-19 and how to prevent it from spreading. Photo: IhsanRD/CARE

CARE Canada’s President and CEO Barbara Grantham shares her reflections on World Humanitarian Day.

CARE Package® 75: Then: providing, today: empowering

May 11, 2021

People with CARE Packages® in Germany after the Second World War. ©CARE

CARE Canada President nd CEO Barbara Grantham reflects on the seventy-five years since the first CARE Packages® were delivered after the Second World War: what’s changed over the years, and the path forward.

The world is better when she leads too

March 8, 2021

As celebrations of women’s achievements have grown over the years, so have calls for more action towards a more equal world. This year, we somberly approach another milestone – one year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. While the virus has affected people of all genders, women, girls and non-binary people have suffered disproportionately. 