CARE’s approach
This Giving Tuesday, I’m thinking about gratitude
On Tuesday, we have the opportunity to celebrate what makes us most human — the caring and the humanity we share. Just as it did 75 years ago, the world needs CARE today, perhaps more so than ever.
Read MorePreventing Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: CARE’s Women’s Voice & Leadership work
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in gender-based violence (GBV) in many parts of the world. CARE is working with local women’s organizations in Kenya’s informal settlements to address GBV and protect survivors as part of our Women’s Voice and Leadership work.
Read MoreAdapting to the pandemic
While COVID-19 has meant adjusting our path, our work fighting poverty, saving lives in emergencies, and creating a better, more equal world continues. Here are some great examples of how we’ve adapted during the pandemic:
Read MoreFive minute inspiration: CARE savings groups in the post COVID world
Movement restrictions, economic crisis, plummeting incomes, the inability to get together in groups. These are all challenges that could make a savings group fail post-COVID-19. They could make it impossible to move forward. That’s not what’s happening.
Read MoreEmpowered girls lead the way to innovative and impactful solutions in the midst of COVID-19
As the world celebrates International Day of the Girl on 11 October, CARE calls for girls’ voices to be amplified, and for them to shape prevention and response interventions in the fight against COVID-19.
Read MoreFive girls who inspire us
We’re thrilled to introduce you to five amazing girls we’ve had the honour of meeting through our work to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice:
Read MoreDriven and Determined: International Day of the Girl
Driven and determined in the face of dangers like COVID-19, girls embody strength, resilience and hope. With the world in crisis, we must support and empower girls everywhere to reach their potential.
Read MoreBuilding Forward: Creating a More Equitable, Gender-Just, Inclusive, and Sustainable World
CARE’s report demonstrates how women and girls worldwide – particularly those affected by systemic inequalities – are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s socioeconomic impacts.
Read MoreCARE Canada Statement: Canada joins COVAX initiative
CARE Canada welcomes Prime Minister Trudeau’s announcement that Canada will join the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) and the COVID-19 Advance Market Commitment.
Read MoreCARE Canada statement: Throne Speech
As COVID-19 pushes hunger, gender-based violence and economic exclusion to new highs in Canada and around the world, bold new measures are needed to tackle the systemic weaknesses the pandemic has exposed, and to prepare for future shocks – whether from health crises, economic decline or the climate crisis.
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