At CARE, we meet these people every day: farmers, teachers, frontline workers, parents, neighbors. People who may not have chosen their circumstances, but who choose to act with courage and compassion.
This isn’t about numbers. It’s about people. It’s about resilience, survival, and the leadership that emerges in the hardest moments. It’s about lifting those who remind us that caring is possible — and powerful — when we do it together. It’s about being there.
Maria, 20, fled Sudan with her nine-month-old daughter, Imtias, and her neighbors after an attack. For days they walked through bombs, fire, and gunshots to reach safety in Chad. Exhausted and without any supplies, Maria dug into the hot sand with her bare hands until she found a small puddle of water to keep herself and her baby alive.
Even as exhaustion overtook her, Maria carried Imtias on her back and refused to give up. “At night we now only hear the crying of the children that still can cry,” she says. “But the sounds of war are gone. We are still alive.”
For Maria, caring meant survival — protecting her daughter, holding on to her neighbors, and standing up again each day.
In Chad, CARE is there to help. With support from the European Union, CARE provides free health care, nutrition support, and safety for mothers and children, ensuring that survival can grow into recovery. Read more
Hiba, 30, ran a small dairy and cheese farm outside Idlib, Syria. Since 2020, her work had provided a modest income for her four children.
Then a series of earthquakes in 2023 destroyed her equipment, killed livestock, and left her without a livelihood.
“On the morning of the earthquake, I woke up to the sounds of screams and destruction around me. The scene was catastrophic. I lost several livestock, and most of my equipment was destroyed. At that moment, I felt an overwhelming despair. Everything I had worked for years to build was gone, and I didn’t know how to recover.”
With support from CARE and its partner IYD are assisting Syrian women who lost their livelihoods to the earthquakes. Through small grants, essential equipment, and training in business management and marketing, Hiba has begun to replace what was lost. She’s rebuilding her farm, adapting to new ways of working, and securing a future for herself and her children. Read more
When a cyclone brought flooding to Tica, Mozambique, fisherman Luis, 26, saw his own home disappear under water. Instead of stopping to rebuild, Luis launched his small fishing boat into the rising current.
Each day, Luis rowed for hours to reach people affected by the flood, many of whom were forced to shelter in trees. “I take my small boat to help rescue them,” he says. “The situation is bad and there are many people stranded. How will they survive?”
For Luis, caring meant rowing back out again and again, rescuing up to 20 people in a single day. When Mozambique was hit by a category 4 hurricane in 2019, over 400,000 people were displaced. Thousands of lives hung in the balance. CARE was there, and, fortunately, so was Luis.
Leadership doesn’t always mean standing on a stage. Sometimes it’s rescuing neighbors in a boat, rebuilding a business, or keeping children safe while fleeing war.
Caring isn’t glamorous. It’s courageous, and it’s contagious. Luis, Maria, and Hiba embody what it means to care in action — for their families, their neighbors, their futures.
CARE is there, too: providing health care in Chad, supporting women entrepreneurs in Syria, responding to floods in Mozambique, and standing with communities in crisis worldwide. With your support, we can stand with millions more.
So, when someone asks, “Who cares?” the answer is clear. Luis does. Maria does. Hiba does. We do. And you do, too.
Together, we can ensure that care reaches further, lasts longer, and transforms lives.
Together, we are CARE, Always There.
