Learning Tours

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Advocacy

We believe when leaders meet the women and families behind the statistics, they will be inspired and motivated to lead change.

About CARE’s Learning Tours

The best way to understand the power and potential of the United States to end poverty is to see it with your own eyes. Since 2009, CARE has led an important program we call Learning Tours. The goal is to take policymakers, government leaders and change-makers on short, intensive trips where they meet the people whose lives are being transformed through U.S. investments.

Learning Tours are carefully mapped out to take delegates to the villages and communities where development programs are saving lives and empowering women and girls to create lasting change.

“You can read all about [global issues] in D.C., but actually being there and seeing it, it just gives you a much better perspective of the issues.”

John Stout

Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)

When leaders meet the women and families behind the statistics, they are inspired and motivated to lead change.

We travel off the beaten path to speak directly with community members, visit local health facilities and farms to see the direct, positive impact of U.S. foreign assistance. We talk with local leaders to see how progress is being lead from the ground up.

Tour-by-tour, delegate-by-delegate, we put names and faces behind the statistics and stories because that’s how personal, sustainable, and effective change happens. When our leaders and legislators witness the best U.S. foreign investments have to offer, they go home inspired, motivated and challenged to make change happen back in the U.S.

Learn more about Learning Tours

Learning Tours Alumni

See the list of policymakers, congressional staff, journalists, corporate partners, technical experts and more who have travelled on CARE Learning Tours.

Learning Tours Videos

Several times a year, CARE hosts high-level delegations in the countries where we work so they can experience firsthand the impact of U.S. investments on the ground. View videos from our different tours.

Meet the Team

Jorge Bagaipo

Program Officer

Kalei Talwar

Deputy Director

Rasik Winfield

Program Manager

Want to attend a Learning Tour?

If you're a member of Congress who wants to travel with CARE and learn about our work, contact us today!

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