The National Day
of Action

On October 17, join the call to action on behalf of poor women and families everywhere
*Check back for details on our 2012 action*

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Last October, in recognition of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, people across the country came together to commemorate CARE's National Day of Action.

The National Day of Action provided individuals with the opportunity to stand in solidarity with the more than 12 million people who were struggling to survive the famine in the Horn of Africa. Long before the world media noticed the scale and severity of the emergency, CARE was on ground helping more than a million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. When refugees from the Somali famine zone were fleeing to Kenya at the rate of more than 1,000 people every day, CARE was there to help with emergency relief at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. CARE has been assisting Somali refugees there for 20 years.

Through our National Day of Action, CARE and our supporters across the country placed a spotlight on this issue by encouraging our policymakers to take a stand and invest in programs that truly make a difference.

We asked supporters to join us in any or all of the following three things on the National Day of Action:
	Join a CARE-hosted national briefing call, featuring Carla Koppell, Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment at USAID, to learn about the importance of working with women and girls in times of crisis.
	Partner with CARE and the Global Poverty Project's Live Below the Line campaign to to stand in solidarity with poor people around the world by living on $1.50 a day. Click here for more details.
	Take action by sending a letter to your members of Congress asking them not to cut funding that helps with disasters, such as the famine in the Horn of Africa.

The CARE Action Network is making a difference by working to educate our nation's leaders about issues of global poverty. Together, we ask our elected officials to adopt policies that address the underlying causes of poverty, such as gender inequality and poor governance. We hope you'll join the CARE Action Network today!