The Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS), an approach originally developed under CARE’s Pathways to Empowerment program, focuses on improving rural, small-scale women farmers’ productivity and profitability by empowering women to more fully engage in equitable agriculture systems, using an integrated, gender-transformative, market-based and nutrition sensitive extension approach. This toolkit provides guidance on implementing FFBS in programs with a specific focus on livestock value chains.
CARE’s goal is for all savings group activities to take place alongside intentional efforts to address the barriers women face to improving their economic situation. This brief gives an overview of what we mean by VSLAs which go beyond ‘traditional’ implementation to address root causes of gender inequality. Read More
CARE seeks to contribute to the sustainable transition of leadership and ownership of development and humanitarian assistance to a range of public, private, and civil society partners. Our localization efforts support diverse local actors in over 100 countries to define priorities, design solutions, drive implementation, and sustain efforts tailored to their unique development and/or humanitarian context. Read More
Power Within (PW) is a competency framework which supports young people’s (ages 10-24) development by building life skills that help them deal with the challenges and demands of their daily lives. This document begins with background on the model, including its origins in 2008, evidence of its impact, and influences guiding this update and refresh of the model. Read More