CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty

A Mother's Day wishlist for a mom in a developing country? To survive childbirth - and for her baby to do the same. In Afghanistan, 1 out of every 11 mothers won't survive her baby's first day of life. And in some places, these risks are even higher.

More than half of the aid money that our government spends on basic food grains is caught up in red tape, overhead costs, shipping fees, and more. Oftentimes, food is purchased from American farmers, shipped abroad, and then sold to raise money for poverty programs. This practice is not only

One billion women will be victims of rape, beatings, mutilation or other forms of abuse in their lifetime. Some of them will become victims for going to school, others for not birthing a son, but mostly, just because they were born female. Most of these women will be told they deserved it. Sadly,

Globally, one out of three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. This violence is happening to our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters around the world. Leave a message of support for our sisters. Tell them you won't stand for the