CARE Australia

CARE - Defending dignity, fighting poverty.

CARE is an international humanitarian aid organisation fighting global poverty, with a special focus on empowering women and girls to bring lasting change in their communities. We are non-religious and non-political, working together with communities to provide emergency relief and address the underlying causes of poverty. Last year, our work directly benefited more than 65 million people in 70 of the world’s poorest countries.

Women are adversely affected by poverty. Of the one billion people living in poverty, 60 per cent are women. Of the seventy-two million children who don’t attend primary school, 57 per cent are girls.

CARE recognises that improving women’s lives can be a critical first step towards enduring social change. We know from experience that when you help an individual woman, her entire community benefits.

When a woman is equipped with the proper resources, helping her become an active participant in her community, she can earn more, live longer, access education and make decisions that can guide her, and her community, towards a better future.

She has the power to change her world, you have the power to help her do it.

Support CARE’s I am powerful campaign and help women and girls play a vital role in fighting poverty. Join CARE to help women live, learn, earn, and lead.

Help her live by giving her access to adequate health services, educating her community on gender-based violence and discrimination, and providing support in emergencies

Help her learn by giving her the education she deserves

Help her earn by giving her the opportunities for employment and new livelihoods

Help her lead by giving her the ability, and the voice, to change her circumstances and those of her community