The Learning Tours include members of Congress and the U.S. Administration, journalists, public figures, corporate partners, donors, and other dignitaries.
With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, each trip takes the delegation off the beaten path to talk with community members, visit local clinics and hospitals, meet with partner organizations, and engage with high-level government officials.
Since 2009, CARE's Learning Tours have offered Members of Congress a unique opportunity to witness up close the impact of American partnership around the world.
Reps. Dwight Evans and Andy Levin joined a CARE Learning Tour in Bangladesh.
Sen. Van Hollen and Sen. Coons: U.S. Investments in Refugee Response in Uganda
Reps. Susan Brooks, Ann Wagner and Carol Miller
Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE on a Learning Tour to Sierra Leone.
Thérèse Nyirajyambere is the President of a group of VSLA Village Agents and a long-time VSLA/GEWEP program participant from Rwanda’s Southern province. Thérèse grew up in a very poor household. She was forced to drop out of school by the time she reached sixth grade and was never able to continue her studies, and she wanted a better life for her children.
Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA-7th) traveled with CARE on a Learning Tour to Jordan to see U.S. humanitarian assistance programs and how they are empowering displaced women and girls.
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE on a Learning Tour to India and Nepal to see how U.S. investments in maternal health and nutrition are building healthier families and communities.
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE on a Learning Tour to India and Nepal to see how U.S. investments in maternal health and nutrition are building healthier families and communities.
This video highlights the importance of girls’ education in promoting a healthier lifestyle. Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) sits down with Lucie Mukamama, a member of CARE’s Keeping Girls at School program, a girls’ mentorship program in Rwanda that teaches life skills, leadership training, and important savings skills. Lucie explains the importance of staying in school and obtaining an education, and how it helps her to better support her relatives, delay starting a family, and further her career and life goals.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE on a Learning Tour to Malawi and Kenya to see how investments in food and nutrition security are building healthier families and communities.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) traveled with the poverty-fighting organization CARE on a Learning Tour to see how investments in girl’s education are leading to brighter futures and better opportunities for girls in Malawi.
An overview of CARE's initiative to bring U.S. policy leaders abroad to visit our work in developing countries and learn about the challenges and solutions of maternal health.
If you're a member of Congress who wants to travel with CARE and learn about our work, contact us today!
