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CARE started its operations in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1949. Today, CARE Bangladesh amplifies the voices of the poor and the marginalized in ways that influence public opinion, development practices, and policy at all levels by drawing on grassroots experience and relationships with civil society, government, and the private sector.
We have made a long-term commitment to specific marginalized and vulnerable groups to achieve a lasting impact on the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice.
Latest News from Bangladesh
Dressing for Success in Bangladesh
Voices From the Families of SHOUHARDO
CARE, USAID and the Bangladesh government launched the SHOUHARDO program in 2004 to reduce child malnutrition in Bangladesh's poorest communities.
Bottom of the Pyramid Selling
Researchers studied a sales program that employs Bangladeshi women at the proverbial bottom of the pyramid, run by the Bangladesh arm of CARE.
The work we do in Bangladesh
Child Poverty
Half of all children live in poverty, spending their formative years struggling to survive.
Market Access
More inclusive markets and access can help poor people improve their lives.
Microfinance
There’s a “savings revolution” taking place in many developing countries.
Youth Empowerment
Addressing the needs of the 1.8 billion young people in the world is critical to ending poverty.
Girls' Education
The majority of the 57 million children out of school are girls — their future is at risk.
Family Planning
Family planning is a proven strategy in reducing maternal mortality.
HIV & AIDS
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of HIV and AIDS.
Child Survival
This year, more than 7 million children will die before their 5th birthday.
Clean Water
Access to clean water and decent toilets saves lives and helps families and communities prosper.
Poverty & Social Justice
Everyone in the world has the right to a life free from poverty, violence and discrimination.
Maternal Health
Hundreds of thousands of women die in pregnancy and childbirth, mostly from preventable causes.
Agriculture
By failing to close the gender gap in agriculture, the world is paying dearly.
Climate Change
Climate change threatens the very survival of people living in poverty all over the world.
Child Nutrition
Malnutrition affects 200 million children and the consequences can last a lifetime.
Child Marriage
Child marriage is a gross human rights violation that puts young girls at great risk.
Violence Against Women
Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses.
Why Women & Girls?
Why does CARE fight global poverty by focusing on women and girls? Because we have to.
Resources from Bangladesh
This 6 page brief highlights women's participation in Dairy Value Chains and the research that IFPRI conducted on how working with...
This 4 page brief highlights the Krishi Utsho approach--using social enterprises to sustainably solve the problem farmers have in...
This 4 page brief makes the business case for how Digital Fat Testing Machines are revolutionizing the dairy value chain in Bangladesh...
This 6 page brief from the Sustainable Dairy Value Chain project highlights the impacts the project was able to have on women's...
This 6 page brief highlights the impact that working with value chains and women has had on women's empowerment, and how CARE measured...
This 4 page brief highlights the successes of using the Digital Fat Tester--a machine that allows producers to get a premium for high...
This 2 page brief highlights the accomplishments of the Margaret A.
This 2 page document shows the progress of CARE's Pathways program as of January 2016.
Findings from CARE’s Tipping Point Project Community Participatory Analysis Research
Innovative USAID-funded program that links food aid with building long-term food and nutrition security
This 70 page report documents the findings of the SHOUHARDO II program, a Food For Peace program in Bangladesh that aims to reduce...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
The Farmers' Field and Business Schools are a product of the CARE Pathways program, and focus on a learning by doing approach, putting...
Combining world-class documentary films and local engagement campaigns, Women and Girls Lead Global (WGLG) advances gender equality and...
WASHplus is USAID’s flagship global Environmental Health project.
This 54 page document describes the SHOUHARDO food security program in Bangladesh and how it uses a women's empowerment model to...
4 page brief that describes CARE's child marriage prevention programming in Bangladesh and Nepal, including our focus on underlying...
Digging Up the Roots to Replant the Future. This one page fact sheet shows key statistics about child marriage globally, and in...
The Tipping Point initiative is addressing child marriage through a dynamic process of innovation, insight (analysis and learning), and...
Making a Difference: Empowering Girls, Expanding Knowledge, Addressing Poverty
Results of a baseline assessment from six countries in Africa and Asia
This report is an analytical review of CARE’s programs and projects undertaken with partners and allies in 16 countries over the period ...
Empowering Women in Agriculture
A Pathways Programming Approach
Results of a Baseline Assessment From Six Countries in Africa and Asia
Bangladesh faces one of the highest rates of domestic violence worldwide.
Among women participating in the program, average incomes more than doubled.
Not every marriage lasts forever, but early marriage has lifelong consequences for girls.
Feb 2012 Girls Leadership Program Brief
How scenario modeling can be used to create a successful inclusive business plan.
The aim of this document is to provide an introduction to the potential contribution that Social Enterprise (SE) can make to CARE’s...
The brand Living Blue stands for high quality, hand-made products, made by artisans in Bangladesh, based on optimum technical recall,...
CARE Enterprises creates lasting market-based solutions to poverty.
CARE Enterprises bridges the supply/demand gap that exists between formal markets and many of the world's poorest communities.
From micro‐finance programs to innovative last‐mile distribution projects, CARE has learned over the years how to harness the power of...
Push, Pull and Cross-Cutting Strategies
Migrant experiences between India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
An 8-country study to understand rainfall, food security and human mobility.
Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security
An International Framework to Address ‘Loss And Damage’ from Climate Change Impacts
Analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change
September 2012 Issue of CARE's Poverty Environment & Climate Change Network Newsletter
Why is gender important in climate change adaptation?
Mapping Emerging Trends and Risk Hotspots
CARE’s approach to climate change adaptation is grounded in the knowledge that people must be empowered to transform and secure their...
Adaptation to climate change is critical to sustainable development and will require action across multiple sectors at all levels.
We are beginning to see the results of our efforts in promoting, protecting and supporting optimal infant and young child feeding.
Among the most persistent challenges facing Bangladesh is child malnutrition.
The Innovation through Sport project uses the "convening power of sports" to minimize the effects of poverty and social injustice on...
As we celebrate International Day of the Girl, we can’t help remind ourselves of our own childhood.
We believe that the greatest obstacle to girls’ education is the low social status in which girls are held.
The right to education is fundamental to the attainment and exercise of all human rights.
In 2008, CARE launched an ambitious Market Engagement Strategy that aims to empower 10 million women and girls to transition from...
Currently, CARE is implementing over 74 economic development programs in 66 countries.
CARE’s programs in Economic Development work to improve the economic security and income opportunities of the poor.
CARE’s HIV & AIDS programming and policy advocacy has highlighted the centrality of women’s empowerment.
We know that empowering women is fundamental to ending poverty and protecting human rights and dignity.
CARE recognizes the need for analysis into ways in which our HIV prevention programs affect women’s vulnerability to HIV.
Lack of nutritious food is a barrier to health and wellbeing for the most vulnerable, poor and marginalized people in the world.
In order to strengthen and standardize our measurement of women’s empowerment in our programs, CARE has developed a new survey tool....
CARE's Pathways program empowers women to more fully engage in equitable agriculture systems.
Empowering women to ensure family planning coverage, quality and equity
CARE's 2013 HIV and AIDS Capacity Statement
CARE’s Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal Health
A poverty-fighting program in Bangladesh helps children grow and underscores the need to empower women and girls worldwide.