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We make all of CARE’s evaluation and research reports available for public access in accordance with our Accountability Policy.
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Guide to Selecting Digital Tools for VSLA Programs
This tool can be particularly useful in evaluating digital tools for programming. Its primary purpose is to provide a step-by-step guide for teams to make informed decisions based on carefully evaluating digital products for VSLA programming.
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Enhancing Women’s Participation and Leadership in Humanitarian Action
The world urgently needs more adaptable and accessible funding models that recognize the unique contributions of women's rights organizations and women-led organizations (WROs/WLOs). Despite their crucial role in crisis response, women's potential as leaders in humanitarian action is often sidelined, perpetuating inequalities and undermining response effectiveness. A multifaceted and rights-based
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Educating the Community
Yolande Ebah Kouassi, from the Marahoue region in Côte d’Ivoire, is the President of her Village Savings & Loan Association. She is 41 years old, married with four children, and cares for her three nephews whose father passed away. She runs her own small business by selling 'attieké', a local food that she makes from the cassava she grows. Yolande's VSLA group started three years ago and has 30 me
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World Water Day 2024: Annual WASH Systems Award
Each year, the Water Team tributes CARE's Annual WASH Systems award to a team that has done exceptional work to strengthen local capacities and conditions for equitable and sustainable WASH services and lasting water security. On World Water Day 2024, we are proud to present the WASH Systems Award to the USAID-Hamzari WASH team in Niger for their hard work to strengthen the capacities of commune g
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Empowering Community Prosperity: A VSLAiE Case Study
The Raqi Group is a VSLA in Emergency (VSLAiE) group in the rural area of northern Aleppo, in the Qabasin community of Al Bab sub-district, near the Syrian-Turkish border. One of the VSLAiE members, Imad Amro, shares his experience.
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Moving a Step Ahead: A VSLAiE Case Study
Maryam Ahmed lives in the Ghandourah community in the countryside of Jarabulus, Syria. The economic situation in her community is dire and she shares how they suffer from a lack of job opportunities and special activities that specifically serve women. When available, job vacancies are mostly exclusively for men. Through the VSLA in Emergencies (VSLAiE) pilot, Maryam had the opportunity to join a
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The GRAD Push‐Pull Model for Food Security
The Push‐Pull Model involves implementing interventions that empower individuals and groups to build capacity, as well as engage other ecosystem actors outside of a program’s target population. This document provides insights on ways CARE Ethiopia has been utilizing the push‐pull model for food security programming.
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The Negotiating Power of the Savings Group
Ho Thi Ngam is from an isolated village in Quang Tri province in Vietnam, she is the leader of her Village Savings & Loan Association. She is 41 years old and married with two children. She runs a small grocery store, and the family earns additional income from growing acacia. The climate crisis is challenging Ngam and her community; flooding has damaged crops, impacting agricultural production. N
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Climate information services in Ethiopia – A key resilience capacity for households & businesses
Climate change is wreaking havoc on livelihoods and food security outcomes in the lowlands of Ethiopia. Timely access to climate information services (CIS) can play a key role in enabling producers to manage their livelihoods in the face of uncertainty and mitigate the impact of shocks, but these systems are largely absent in the lowlands. This learning brief describes how CARE International,
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