CARE and Mars’ Women for Change program works with women and their families in cocoa-growing communities to improve livelihoods so that communities can thrive. The program started in Côte d’Ivoire in 2016, founded on CARE’s Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) approach. The program aims to increase gender equity in households and communities, while supporting increased savings, improved skills, income growth and diversification, improved school enrollment rates and increased nutrition. The program also works to shift social norms and reduce gender-based violence by engaging men to encourage joint saving and decision-making. This innovative approach uses a smart mix of solutions to reinforce women’s role in the cocoa supply chain.
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