Last week, I asked you to help us meet our goal of raising $3 million to invest in poor girls and women to empower them to escape poverty for good.

I’m thrilled to tell you that generous friends of CARE have committed to helping us reach our goal even sooner, by matching every dollar you give, up to $1 million. But this special opportunity is only good for the next 10 days.

That means, when you give within the next 10 days until the end of the day on Saturday, October 16, your gift of $15 becomes $30, $25 becomes $50.

Investing in girls and women is one of the smartest choices you can make. Girls and women comprise the largest portion of those who are poor and uneducated in the world.

They also face greater health risks. Almost every minute of the day, a mother dies during pregnancy or childbirth, leaving her children vulnerable to a similar fate. We know how to prevent almost every single one of those deaths, but we need your support to help deliver these lifesaving programs.

“The mother is the pillar of the home. If a woman dies, the children don’t know where to go. If the mother lives, the family will stay together. That’s why we focus on saving the mother’s life,” says Bacilia Vivanco, a midwife at CARE-supported Ayacucho Regional Hospital in Peru.

Our work doesn’t stop with health care. We also help girls and women tap into educational and financial resources that enrich their capacity to learn and earn. As a result, girls and women, and their families and communities all benefit.

That’s also why we’ve set an ambitious goal of raising $3 million from now until the end of the year. But please don’t wait. You only have through October 16 to get more bang for your buck. Double your power to change the world by making your gift today!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE