Madagascar
Country Info
CARE opened offices in Madagascar in 1992 with a mission to address the root causes of poverty among Madagascar’s poorest communities. We identified these root causes as social exclusion, lack of access to basic resources and services, poor governance, and gender inequality.
Our Work in Madagascar
Child Poverty
Half of all children live in poverty, spending their formative years struggling to survive.
Family Planning
Family planning is a proven strategy in reducing maternal mortality.
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.
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.
Why Women & Girls?
Why does CARE fight global poverty by focusing on women and girls? Because we have to.
Our Vision
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.
Resources
The importance of expanding access to financial services for the world’s poorest people is increasingly recognized.
Empowering women to ensure family planning coverage, quality and equity
CARE’s Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal Health
Is CARE creating the right type of changes through our work in water, sanitation and hygiene and water resources management (known as...
Going the Extra Mile to Provide and Sustain Family Planning Services in Remote Madagascar
CARE 2012 Annual Report Facts & Figures
Child Marriage: Questions and Answers
Program Brief | CARE’s Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence
Issue Brief | Bringing an End to Gender-Based Violence
These Are Our Sisters
Gender-based violence is one of the most widespread – but least recognized – human rights abuses in the world. Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. This violence is happening to our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters around the world.
This violence leaves survivors with long-term psychological and physical trauma; tears away at the social fabric of communities; and is used with terrifying effect in conflict settings, with women as the main target.
Child Poverty
Connecting the World’s Poorest People to the Global Economy
The importance of expanding access to financial services for the world’s poorest people is increasingly recognized.
Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices
Empowering women to ensure family planning coverage, quality and equity
Emergencies
CARE responds to dozens of disasters each year, reaching approximately 12 million people through our emergency programs.
