CARE in India

We know that getting an education is the first vital step to getting a better job and earning more money. So we particularly target one of the most marginalised and vulnerable groups in Indian society – women.

CARE in action:

Girls education
Women have fewer opportunities to earn money than men and often face huge discrimination. We help them to use their voice and get involved in making decisions that affect their lives, by offering women and girls the chance to go to school.

One of our most successful projects is the Girl’s Primary Education (GPE) Project in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most heavily populated state where fewer than a quarter of women can read and write. We have set up 90 community schools where girls can get a primary school education as part of our ‘Mother’s Groups’.

These small groups of women are dedicated to helping their daughters get the education that they themselves never had. In an extremely male-dominated society, these women are taking responsibility for opening and managing community schools with our help.

Post Tsunami
The 2004 tsunami largely destroyed great swathes of the southeast coast of India. More than 12,000 people died, and another 3.2 million were affected, many losing their homes and livelihoods.

We work in four districts of Tamil Nadu, one of the hardest-hit southern states, and help people to get their lives back on track by rebuilding homes that were destroyed by the tsunami. We also help people to find work by giving out tools and new boats, and train people in new skills.

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