Development Blog
Why we must work with refugees from Myanmar on mid-term shelter in the Bangladesh refugee camps
By James Morgan 29th Aug 2018
I’ve just returned from Bangladesh where I’ve been working with CARE’s shelter team to build ‘mid-term shelters’ for refugees who have fled from Myanmar. With the camps now in place for a year, what are the challenges of shifting from…
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Refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, inhabited mainly by refugees from Myanmar.
How can your business unlock the potential within your value chain?
By Verity O'Shaughnessy 21st Aug 2018
CARE and Diageo have conducted an in-depth gender analysis of Diageo’s barley supply chain in Oromia region, Ethiopia. We have been working together in a global partnership since 2016 and wanted to more deeply understand the barriers and opportunities for…
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Meti Feyisaa, a farmer in Waji Chilalo, Ethiopia.
5 Minute Inspiration: How responding to Ebola made communities in Sierra Leone stronger
By Emily Janoch 21st Aug 2018
In Sierra Leone, 91% of people are satisfied with the CARE response to Ebola, both in the immediate aftermath and in long-term recovery. It’s what a lot of people call Nexus programming: emergency response that also builds for the long…
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Relevance Fontaine is leader of a VSLA in Matboi, Sierra Leone.
In recent years, innovation has been touted as the way to bridge the gap between the humanitarian and development needs of the world and the capacity we have to meet them. But is the focus on innovation distracting us from…
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In the midst of a drought and liquidity crisis in Zimbabwe, Letwin Chisorochengwe received cash support to buy food for her family
5 Minute Inspiration: How making water cheaper produces more milk and food
By Emily Janoch 08th Aug 2018
In the West Bank and Gaza, CARE helped farmers raise milk production by 10% and reduced the cost of water by 80%. To achieve this it wasn’t enough to look at just a farmer’s skills or livestock techniques. We had…
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Milk being tested at a community milk collection hub in the West Bank
5 Minute Inspiration: Deforestation and the pop star - How Uganda cut illegal logging by 70%
By Emily Janoch 06th Aug 2018
Denis Tumwesige used to make his living illegally cutting trees in protected forests in Uganda, until he got arrested. Instead of a jail sentence, the local officials connected him with CARE’s Forest Resources Sector Transparency (FOREST) project, which taught him about…
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FOREST programme participants, Uganda
