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Women everywhere have enormous potential to create change. With the right resources and opportunities, an impoverished woman has the power to improve her life, her family and her community.
In 2007, businesswoman, philanthropist and CARE Ambassador Sheila C. Johnson made a $4 million gift to CARE to issue a singular challenge to individuals and businesses in the United States: Join a global movement to empower women in the fight against poverty. Sheila's I Am Powerful Challenge, launched in June 2007, promised to match gifts to CARE dollar for dollar, engaging Americans to connect with women in poor countries and help them break down the barriers of poverty and inequity that have held them back for so long.
Sheila's matching gift challenge has now been met, generating
in less than a year a total of $8 million in donations for CARE's life-changing work. CARE is grateful to Sheila for her extraordinary commitment to marginalized women everywhere. We also appreciate the support of everyone who accepted the challenge!
Though Sheila's I Am Powerful Challenge is over, there is still much more that needs to be done — and we urge you to do your part today.
| Please make your own donation to CARE now. And issue your own challenge by asking your friends, family and coworkers to join you! |
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| Add your name to CARE's Power Circle. Join thousands of others in posting your message of support and solidarity for women around the world. |
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"If we're going to improve the lives of women around the world — and I believe we must — then we have to stretch beyond ourselves. We have to challenge ourselves and we have to challenge others. That's what the 'I Am Powerful' movement is all about. I'm honored to be a part of it."
—Sheila C. Johnson
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About CARE
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization with over 60 years experience fighting global poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based programs to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources.
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About Sheila Johnson
Sheila C. Johnson is the president & managing partner of the WNBA's Washington Mystics and co-founder of BET. Though she is committed to success in the business world, her philanthropy is of ultimate importance to her. As an advocate for the protection of children and for women's empowerment, Johnson serves as an international ambassador for CARE.
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