Culture

CARE celebrates International Coffee Day

By CARE Staff · September 29, 2023

With roughly three billion cups enjoyed around the world every day, coffee is the planet’s second-most popular beverage – behind only water. Coffee farming forms an important part of the economy in many of the countries where CARE works, where women compose some 70 percent of the workforce and operate between 20 and 30 percent of the farms.

Empowering girls around the world through the beautiful game

By CARE Staff · July 21, 2023

Over the years, we’ve seen one of the most effective tools to engage women and girls has been the power of sports, so, to celebrate the start of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, we’ve put together this collection of inspiring photos we’ve taken over the years of young girls from around the world playing the beautiful game.

Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

By Jacky Habib · June 12, 2023

Young males in low-income countries are twice as likely to have online access as girls. These women are working to change that. The gendered digital divide prevents girls from socializing, learning, and accessing opportunities.

Songs of home: preserving culture and hope in Ukraine

By Reid Davis, Raegan Hodge, and Daria Khrystenko · November 10, 2022

Looking like a cross between harp and guitar, the bandura is an instrument steeped in Ukrainian history and culture. For Diana Polishchuk, a Ukrainian refugee living in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki just upriver from Warsaw, Poland, playing bandura has become a way to process her feelings and her turbulent recent history, while giving others a poignant reminder of home.

Picturing Hope: Helping girls in Madagascar see life through a different lens

By CARE Staff · February 9, 2022

Glimpses of Madagascar life through the eyes of young women

Marina: Leading in Crisis and Helping Fellow Women Farmers in Ica, Peru

By CARE Staff · January 11, 2022

Marina is a 74- year-old farmer in San José de los Molinos, Ica. She began participating in the She Feeds the World Peru program in late 2019 – just a few months before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This Woman Stopped Making Dresses and Started Sewing Masks to Help Fight COVID in DRC

By David Mutua · November 29, 2021

As of September 2021, Françoise Mbweki had made 1,000 masks to help protect her community.

How this Entrepreneur Diversified to Save Her Business During the Pandemic

By CARE Staff · November 15, 2021

When COVID-19 disrupted the supply chain to devastating effects, Marlita Tenorio Gonzales pivoted her business model to stay afloat.

How This Woman Entrepreneur in Peru is Keeping her Amazonian Heritage Alive

By CARE Staff · November 15, 2021

Through her family's artisan business in Peru, Mery Neli Salazar Pedro celebrates her Amazonian identity.

The Vanuatu Photo Project: Meet the Photographers and Hear Their Stories

By Photography mentees Winona, Talula, Ann Ruth & Elisa and photography mentor Valerie Fernandez · November 12, 2021

Follow the journey of four aspiring young ni-Vanuatu women photographers, eight participants in CARE Vanuatu’s Young Women’s Leadership Program, and one professional photography mentor.

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Culture

CARE celebrates International Coffee Day

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Empowering girls around the world through the beautiful game

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Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

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Songs of home: preserving culture and hope in Ukraine

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Picturing Hope: Helping girls in Madagascar see life through a different lens

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Marina: Leading in Crisis and Helping Fellow Women Farmers in Ica, Peru

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This Woman Stopped Making Dresses and Started Sewing Masks to Help Fight COVID in DRC

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How this Entrepreneur Diversified to Save Her Business During the Pandemic

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How This Woman Entrepreneur in Peru is Keeping her Amazonian Heritage Alive

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The Vanuatu Photo Project: Meet the Photographers and Hear Their Stories

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Culture

CARE celebrates International Coffee Day

Empowering girls around the world through the beautiful game

Meet three women challenging gender stereotypes in gaming

Songs of home: preserving culture and hope in Ukraine

Picturing Hope: Helping girls in Madagascar see life through a different lens

Marina: Leading in Crisis and Helping Fellow Women Farmers in Ica, Peru

This Woman Stopped Making Dresses and Started Sewing Masks to Help Fight COVID in DRC

How this Entrepreneur Diversified to Save Her Business During the Pandemic

How This Woman Entrepreneur in Peru is Keeping her Amazonian Heritage Alive

The Vanuatu Photo Project: Meet the Photographers and Hear Their Stories

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