CARE is a humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice. In Ghana operations began in 1994 as a three country mission with programmes in Ghana , Togo and Benin. In 2009, Ghana became a Country Office. There are two progrmmes within the Country Office: 1. Food and Nutrition Security: Addressing Food & Nutrition Security through the following approaches: integrating resilience programming, climate adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction; Education of women and youth on their rights, roles and responsibilities; accessing resources, services & information on sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child nutrition- with a focus on the first one thousand days of life. 2. Social and Economic Empowerment: Addressing value chains, market linkages & financial inclusion; women’s agency & gender justice; economic opportunities & vocational training for women and youth; addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights; gender-based violence; and social protection.
