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Coca Life: We Learned Simple Ways To Improve The Local Environment And Our Income

April 8, 2019

Cocoa Life published an op-ed by Amoin Assahoure, farmer and president of VSLA of Assawlekro, Côte d’Ivoire, on how the VSLA projected has helped the villages advance and save money by empowering women farmers. Assahoure said her women’s group was able to launch a green entrepreneurship program with the help from CARE and Impactum to

CARE Names New Chief Operating Officer

April 8, 2019

ATLANTA (April 8, 2019) — The global poverty fighting organization CARE announced it has named Tjada D’Oyen McKenna its chief operating officer. McKenna comes to CARE from another Atlanta-based global nonprofit, Habitat for Humanity International, where for the last three years, she has overseen program execution and service delivery across more than 70 countries to fulfill

Education & Work

The Guardian: Revealed: women making clothes for west face sexual abuse

April 7, 2019

The Guardian mentioned CARE International’s study with Fair Wear Foundation that found almost half of the women in three Vietnamese factories had suffered from at least one form of violence and/harassment. The research helped to shed a light on the violence and sexual harassment occurring in garment factories where females work under harsh circumstances. Read

USA Today: Does Trump want more Central Americans fleeing to US? That’s what his aid cutoff will do.

April 3, 2019

USA Today published an op-ed by Sheba Crocker, CARE’s vice president of humanitarian policy and practice, in response to the Trump Administration’s threat to cut foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to stem the flow of migrants from those countries. CARE and other aid agencies signed a letter to Congress in opposition to

CBS News: U.S. set to cut off aid to three nations

April 2, 2019

CBSN, the live broadcast of CBSNews.com interviewed Sheba Crocker, during a segment about the Trump Administration’s proposed aid cuts to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Crocker called the proposed cuts “self-defeating,” noting such a move would only increase the challenges people already face in those countries. “There is a misunderstanding for aid money flow, since humanitarian

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Trump’s Threat to Cut Aid to Central America Puts Heavy Burden on Nonprofits, Leaders Say

April 2, 2019

The Chronicle of Philanthropy quoted David Ray, CARE vice president for policy and advocacy, and Rachel Leman, CARE associate vice president for U.S. advocacy. Ray said the cuts won’t stop migration and are “inhumane and self-defeating.” Leman explained that humanitarian work is misunderstood even though there has been “incredible” progress in the last decade, yet

Reuters: U.S. aid cuts to Central America may backfire, fueling migration north: charities

April 2, 2019

Reuters quoted David Ray, CARE vice president of policy and advocacy, in a story about the Trump Administration’s threat to cut foreign assistance to Central American countries. CARE’s work in Guatemala to help poor farmers grow sustainable crops would be one of the projects affected. “Poverty, violence and insecurity - those are exactly the drivers

GMA’s ‘Strahan and Sara”: 11-year-old musical phenomenon Rita Angel Taylor

March 28, 2019

Good Morning America’s ‘Strahan and Sara’ (formerly GMA Day) interviewed CARE Ambassador Rita Angel Taylor (RAT), who discussed her “life-changing” trip with CARE to Peru. Taylor said, “six out of ten girls don’t finish high school, so CARE helps them stay in school by giving them the tools they need to excel and become whatever

NowThis Politics: Syrian Taekwondo Competitor Wael Al Faraj Began Training in a Refugee Camp

March 27, 2019

NowThis Politics shared CARE’s story of Wael, a Syrian teen refugee and athlete. When Wael came to the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, he never thought that six years later he would be destined for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. A journey that began in a CARE-sponsored taekwondo class changed his life and is continuing

CARE and Rita Angel Taylor (RAT) Team Up to Make #March4Women with Her Debut Song ‘For My Girls’

March 27, 2019

NEW YORK (March 27, 2019) — Singer and CARE Ambassador Rita Angel Taylor (RAT) released her debut song “For My Girls” this month — complete with an International Women’s Day flash mob performance at the new FAO Schwarz in New York — to benefit the poverty-fighting organization CARE and its monthlong campaign to Make #March4Women.“The spirit of

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Coca Life: We Learned Simple Ways To Improve The Local Environment And Our Income

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The Guardian: Revealed: women making clothes for west face sexual abuse

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USA Today: Does Trump want more Central Americans fleeing to US? That’s what his aid cutoff will do.

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CBS News: U.S. set to cut off aid to three nations

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Trump’s Threat to Cut Aid to Central America Puts Heavy Burden on Nonprofits, Leaders Say

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Reuters: U.S. aid cuts to Central America may backfire, fueling migration north: charities

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GMA’s ‘Strahan and Sara”: 11-year-old musical phenomenon Rita Angel Taylor

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NowThis Politics: Syrian Taekwondo Competitor Wael Al Faraj Began Training in a Refugee Camp

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CARE and Rita Angel Taylor (RAT) Team Up to Make #March4Women with Her Debut Song ‘For My Girls’

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Coca Life: We Learned Simple Ways To Improve The Local Environment And Our Income

CARE Names New Chief Operating Officer

Education & Work

The Guardian: Revealed: women making clothes for west face sexual abuse

USA Today: Does Trump want more Central Americans fleeing to US? That’s what his aid cutoff will do.

CBS News: U.S. set to cut off aid to three nations

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Trump’s Threat to Cut Aid to Central America Puts Heavy Burden on Nonprofits, Leaders Say

Reuters: U.S. aid cuts to Central America may backfire, fueling migration north: charities

GMA’s ‘Strahan and Sara”: 11-year-old musical phenomenon Rita Angel Taylor

NowThis Politics: Syrian Taekwondo Competitor Wael Al Faraj Began Training in a Refugee Camp

CARE and Rita Angel Taylor (RAT) Team Up to Make #March4Women with Her Debut Song ‘For My Girls’

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