Policy Papers Gender Equity Network: A community of practice for garment supply chains November 28, 2024 The GEN is a regional community of practice for suppliers and vendors/ business partners to explore gender equity issues in factories and the community and to exchange their experiences, ideas, best practices, and solutions for advancing gender equity within the supply chain. View resource
Lessons Learned World Toilet Day 2024: Annual Innovation in Sanitation Award November 18, 2024 For 2024 the Water+ team presents the Annual Innovation in Sanitation award to the CARE Zimbabwe Takunda team. The team has worked tirelessly to study and pilot innovative ways, through Human Centered Design, to increase access to toilets among the poorest and most vulnerable people in Zimbabwe. The Takunda team works with Latrine Builders, who are experienced masons, to promote sanitation and increase latrine coverage in the community, while also earning an income. Read more about the sanitation approach of Takunda in the brief below. View resource
Lessons Learned Digitalizing Indashyikirwa Learning Brief November 1, 2024 This learning brief shares experiences of developing technological tools or the Indashyikirwa program through an online app. It explores the process of tech design, uptake, challenges and lessons learned. View resource
Impact Reports Strengthening social entrepreneurship in Burundi November 27, 2023 Through working with the local social entrepreneurship ecosystem, CARE worked with 26 social entrepreneurs by offering training in social entrepreneurship and design thinking in turn strengthening their capacity for sustainable, scalable, and inclusive impact. View resource
Impact Reports CARE10x: CARE as a Scaling Platform for Best-in-Class Social Innovations November 13, 2023 CARE10x builds partnerships with best-in-class social enterprises to tackle global challenges at scale. By transforming CARE into a scaling network, we are catalyzing ‘last mile’ communities' ability to access, own, and benefit from the innovations they want and need. View resource
Impact Reports The Digital CARE Package for Small Producers October 30, 2023 AUXFIN endeavors to make its financial solutions accessible to all, including CARE's VSLA members who are mainly vulnerable populations with low digital literacy and limited access to the internet. Through their platform, small producers gain access to basic financial services such as trading accounts, savings, microcredits, payments, and transfers. View resource
Impact Reports Collectivizing Village Land Use Planning for Women’s and Youth Participation in and Benefits from Tanzanian Watershed Management October 23, 2023 To address environmental challenges in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) region of Tanzania, the CARE-WWF Alliance designed a conservation and development program with a key focus on integrated land and water management (ILWM) through innovation related to the collectivization of the government of Tanzania’s Village Land Use Planning (VLUP) process. View resource
Impact Reports Protecting the livelihoods of smallholder pastoralists September 30, 2023 Leveraging CARE’s gender expertise, Pula co-designed a specialized insurance product designed to fit the unique needs of small-scale pastoralists in Northern Nigeria, thereby strengthening their incomes and resilience to climate-related disasters. View resource
Impact Reports Enhancing Agricultural Efficiency for Smallholder Farmers September 20, 2023 Hello Tractor's mobile app and agent model increases access to tractors among smallholder farmers, while their pay-as-you-go financing enables rural communities to own, manage, and earn additional income from their own tractors. View resource
Impact Reports Catalyzing Productivity for Smallholder Farmers September 15, 2023 MyAgro's mobile layaway platform increases ‘last mile’ farmers’ access to high-quality seeds and fertilizer, while also generating new, commission-based income for CARE’s network of community-based trainers. View resource
