Reports & Resources

Water+ 2020 Retrospective Report

March 24, 2021

This report is a collection of short briefs that reflect learnings from across CARE’s Water+ work in 2020; depicting efforts to strengthen conditions and capacities – among government, communities, and service providers - for sustainable and equitable provision of water, sanitation, and hygiene services. Together, these briefs reflect CARE’s emphasis on strengthening WASH systems, and the governance, accountability, investment and learning essential to sustain WASH services.

Water+ Annual WASH Systems Award

March 22, 2021

In commemoration of World Water Day 2021, CARE’s Water+ team presents its annual WASH Systems Award to the CARE Kenya and Kenya-RAPID teams in recognition of their outstanding work in building and strengthening Water Policy and Governance in Garissa County, Kenya.

CARE USA 2020 Annual Report

March 11, 2021

In 2020, CARE worked in 104 countries, reaching more than 92 million people through more than 1,300 programs. For the first time in our history, we launched the CARE Package as part of our programming in the U.S. as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘IF WE DON’T WORK, WE DON’T EAT’ Syrian Women Face Mounting Food Insecurity a Decade into the Conflict

February 24, 2021

Ten years ago, the lives of many Syrians changed profoundly as violence erupted between the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and armed resistance forces. The resulting humanitarian crisis is one of the worst of our time – 6.7 million Syrians remain internally displaced; 11 million people are in need and 12.4 million live with food insecurity.

Abdiboru Programme Impact Highlights

January 25, 2021

Abdiboru Programme Lessons Learned

January 25, 2021

CARE implemented the Abdiboru programme in the West Hararghe zone of Oromia in Ethiopia between 2016 and 2019, aiming to improve girls’ health and developmental outcomes and reduce their vulnerability to early marriage.

Sometimes We Don’t Even Eat – How Conflict and COVID-19 Are Pushing Millions of People to the Brink

November 17, 2020

In September 2020, the UNSC invoked Resolution 2417, sounding the alarm on the risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen due to the cumulative effects of conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. This report explores the impact that conflict and other crises, including COVID-19, have had on food security in these countries. The report also analyzes the gendered effects of food insecurity in these contexts.

Decade of Impact: West Africa Report

November 11, 2020

This report highlights the achievements and evidence-based evolution of CARE and Cargill’s more than decade long partnership in cocoa growing communities. It demonstrates the success of the partnership’s program model, sharing impact stories across 9 programs implemented since 2008.

Enabling Inclusive Food Systems

September 22, 2020

CARE’s Food and Water Systems Annual Report on our reach and impacts within CARE’s food systems approach to address inequalities in food systems for the world we seek – one with food security, access to clean water, improved nutrition, and climate justice for all. Against CARE’s global Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change Resilience indicators, this report features 19 projects, plus CARE’s ongoing COVID response data, across 17 countries, and includes suggested key actions for policymakers, donors and national governments, the private sector, and individuals to drive a gender-just transformation in food systems.

Left Out and Left Behind

August 18, 2020

CARE interviewed more than 4500 women from 64 countries about how the pandemic is affecting their livelihoods, and ability to feed their families. The most immediate priority was food and income, and the biggest challenge is the increasing burden on women.