BOOKS FOR ALL – Haiti
Promotes literacy by providing affordable books in French. It is looking to scale its impact to include English-language books and to reach more than 100,000 children. Funding target: $250,000
COMMUNITY SCORECARD – Started in Malawi, proven worldwide
Provided over 500,000 community members a voice in local and national policies by bringing them together with government officials to improve services such as health care and education. Funding target: $150,000
THE COOPERATIVE FUND – Georgia
Aims to provide smallholder farmers with access to loans. Funding target: $100,000
CHOMOKA – Sub-Saharan Africa
A mobile application for savings groups, unlocking access to formal banking services. Chomoka aims to reach over 1 million global users by 2022. Funding target: $3.0 million
JITA – Bangladesh
A micro-retailer network providing income and jobs for rural women entrepreneurs. JITA is on pace to provide income and access to basic needs to over 1 million rural community members. Funding target: $750,000
KRISHI UTSHO – Bangladesh
Fills a market gap in the supply chain of quality feed and supplies to smallholder farmers, aiming to impact over 1 million community members. Funding target: $1.0 million
LAFAEK – East Timor
An educational magazine distributed to the country’s preschool and primary students, improving educational outcomes for over 500,000 community members, while growing financially sustainable advertising revenues. Funding target: $250,000
LIVING BLUE – Bangladesh
A brand of handcrafted fashion products using natural indigo dyes, providing jobs and extra income to 240 artisans and 3,000 indigo farmers. Funding target: $500,000
LIVE WELL – Zambia, with global ambitions
Provides access to affordable, quality health products by recruiting and training a network of community health entrepreneurs. Live Well aims to provide incomes and critical health goods to over 1 million Zambians. Funding target: $1.0 million
If you’re interested in donating to any of CARE’s Social Enterprises, please contact Mark Muckerheide at mark.muckerheide@care.org.