Between December 2020 and July 2021, CARE conducted interviews with saving group members as part of the Women (in VSLA) Respond sub-initiative. The sub-initiative is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and focuses on how women and girls in VSLAs in Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda are affected by and responding to the pandemic. This Quarter 2 briefing includes findings from two rounds of quantitative data from Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and one round of quantitative data from Uganda and qualitative insights from women and girls in VSLAs in Burundi, Mali, and Ethiopia. The survey included 4,185 VSLA members, of which 3,266 were women and girls, and shows findings and trends overtime on how VSLA members in the targeted countries are coping and responding to the pandemic.
Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world, however local smallholder producers face many challenges. This brief outlines the positive impacts – both intended and unintended – experienced by women farmers from ethnic minority communities as a result of the Technologically Enhanced Agricultural Livelihoods (TEAL) project. Read More
Around the world, CARE is in countries working to protect and enhance food, water, and nutrition security in vulnerable communities. Read More
A bipartisan delegation of six U.S. Congressional Representatives traveled to Kenya with CARE and Save the Children’s Action Network to learn about how U.S. foreign investments are enabling communities to thrive and find durable solutions to hunger and malnutrition in the region, even as they experience economic hardship, conflict, and humanitarian crises. Read More