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Our Work

Today, CARE works in over 100 countries, reaching more than 90 million people through 1,300 projects.

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Women are a vital part of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, increase access to quality health care and expand economic opportunity for all.

Crisis

Whether it is a sudden emergency or an ongoing crisis, CARE fights to aid people in need around the world.

Food and Water

Hunger and malnutrition remain the leading threats to public health worldwide. 820 million people will go to bed hungry tonight, and 2 billion more don’t know where their next meal is coming from.

Health

The story of global health in the last decades is the story of staggering inequality. Every day, about 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.

the breakdown of CARE's program work by region

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Asia

Read more about where CARE works

Education and Work

131 million girls around the world are missing out on school, and girls are 50% more likely to lose the opportunity for education than boys. Education and the right to work are the most powerful tools in overcoming extreme poverty.

Climate

The scale and the urgency of the global climate crisis demands an augmented effort by CARE to promote climate justice to tackle the gendered consequences of climate change and the drivers causing it.

Equality

We cannot eradicate poverty and achieve social justice while inequality persists. Discrimination against women has negative implications for global security and development, economic performance, food security, health, climate adaptation and the environment, governance, and stability.