Education and training Archives

A pandemic kiss in Ecuador by Vicente Gaibor del Pino/CARE

Five of CARE’s 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 your generous support.

See what CARE and our partners around the world accomplished in 2020, thanks to YOUR support.

Every CARE Gift is an item we use in our poverty-fighting work. It is an example of how your support makes a huge difference. Your gift could help families grow healthy food, send their children to school or get lifesaving healthcare and clean water.

Rehema lives in Uganda and draws on her personal experiences to support refugee survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.

Preventing 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.

Savings group Kyauta Mata in Niger. They were able to obtain funding to set up a small business for making masks. Ollivier Girard/CARE

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:

CARE distribution of hygiene kits to families in Haiti in response to COVID-19

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.

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:

Runesu Primary School in Zimbabwe, where CARE has been supporting a pilot project to enhance the nutrition and access to education of its students.

School means so much more than books to read, dates to memorize and theories of which to make sense. School is where we form relationships, create community, and embark on the journey towards our future selves.