CARE Canada

06/03/2026

🚲 Today is World Bicycle Day! Did you know that, aside from being a fun and economical mode of transportation, bikes are tool in the fight against inequality?

In some places around the world, riding a bike is a predominantly seen as something that's just for boys.

Studies in Uganda and Tanzania show that a bicycle can increase household income by up to 35 per cent, meaning they can be a strong tool to alleviate poverty.

According to the United Nations, bicycles could help nearly a billion people living in rural areas at risk of being left behind because education, health care, markets, and other critical services are simply out of reach.

A bicycle is powerful tool, allowing women and girls to access to education, healthcare and income-generating opportunities. When more women and girls have the same opportunities as men and boys, they create change that ripples across borders and generations.

Pictured: School girls with their bikes in Northern Bangladesh.

📷: Sarah Easter/CARE

06/01/2026

As hurricane season begins in Cuba, many families are still recovering from Hurricane Melissa while facing the impacts of an ongoing fuel crisis.

Frequent power outages have caused disruptions to water, food supplies and essential services, making daily life increasingly difficult for communities struggling to rebuild from last year's storm.

The crisis is especially hard for women and girls. They are often responsible for collecting water and caring for family members. Now they must walk longer distances to unsafe water sources, which increases their risk of violence and illness.

Through local partners and supported by Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, CARE en Cuba is helping provide essential assistance, including water tanks, mattresses and other critical supplies to families in need.

Norbys, Antonio and Marieta shared how these overlapping challenges are affecting their lives and what support has meant during this difficult time.

05/28/2026

Imagine using leaves, socks, sponges or even mud in place of period products? This is period poverty. And it affects far too many people, in Canada and around the world.

CARE and our partners are working toward a more period-positive world—tackling stigma and ensuring people who get their period have what they need to feel safe, dignified, healthy and supported.

When all of us—not just people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, we all benefit.

💗 Find out how you can help end period poverty at https://care.ca/period/

05/28/2026

Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day, and we're asking the question: How much does a period really cost?

It's not just being able to buy pads, cups, or tampons. For half a billion people—whether in Canada or Uganda—a period comes with costs far beyond what’s on the shelf: loss of dignity, missed work and school, health and physical harm, impossible choices.

A period shouldn't cost this much.

But when all of us—not just women, girls, and people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, the impact goes far beyond one person.

➡️ Join us and help end period poverty at https://care.ca/period/

05/27/2026

How much does a period really cost? Too much.

For half a billion people—whether in Canada or Uganda—a period comes with costs far beyond what’s on the shelf: lost dignity, missed school and work, health and physical harm, impossible choices.

But when all of us—not just women, girls, and people who get their period—can talk openly about periods and ensure everyone has what they need to manage them, the impact goes far beyond one person.

CARE and our partners are working toward a more period-positive world—tackling stigma and ensuring people who get their period have what they need to feel safe, dignified, healthy and supported.

When all people can fully participate in school, work, and community life, we create a better, more equal world for us all!

Help end period poverty. Visit https://care.ca/period/

For a limited time and thanks to generous support from the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, donations will be 3X matched.

05/26/2026

No one should have to trade their dignity for a basic necessity. But for millions of people around the world, period poverty means shame, stress, and impossible choices every single month.

Period products aren’t a luxury, they’re essential. Let’s stop making people pay the “true cost” of inequity.

No one should have to trade their dignity for a basic necessity. But for millions of people around the world, period poverty means shame, stress, and impossible choices every single month.

Period products aren’t a luxury, they’re essential. Let’s stop making people pay the true cost of inequity.

Go to https://care.ca/period/isit to help end period poverty and stigma.

05/25/2026

In many communities across Cuba, menstruation is not spoken of and managed in private. Not because it is irrelevant, but because for decades it has been treated as something to be hidden, as an intimate matter—almost exclusively for and about women—that has no place in public discourse. But today that silence has profound consequences.

With shortages of basic goods, inflation, and limited access to period products, many people are forced to choose between buying pads or meeting other basic needs. In vulnerable communities, unreliable access to clean water and sanitation and hurricanes in 2024 and 2025 have made managing menstrual health even more difficult.

But thanks to community-led initiatives, change is taking place.

In 2021, “Copas para Cuba” (cups for Cuba) was launched by La Mina Embajada Rebirth / Tercer Paraíso Cuba a women-led organization that promotes responsible and sustainable social transformation through art, creativity, and community action. In collaboration with CARE en Cuba and other partners, the project provided menstrual cups, education, and open conversations about menstruation that challenge beliefs that menstruation is “dirty” or that it should be hidden.

The impact goes beyond products:

✨ Reduced economic burden
✨ Greater autonomy
✨ Safer menstrual health management
✨ Breaking stigma through community dialogue

94% of participants continued using the menstrual cup after receiving training and support.

The workshops became more than education. They became safe spaces to talk openly about bodies, dignity, and health.

Menstrual dignity is not a luxury. It’s a human right.

Visit care.ca/period to find out more and help end period poverty.

📷: Yaneisy Grana/CARE, Indiara Rivero/CARE

05/21/2026

“Some of us got our period twice in one month due to the stress...Yes we need water, food, clothes. But us [women and girls] also need to preserve our dignity.”

For too many women and girls displaced by conflict and crisis, managing their period is a struggle.

See how CARE teams in Lebanon are helping:

As the crisis in Lebanon becomes more urgent, women and girls are managing the stress of displacement with an additional obstacle: lack of access to basic supplies for them to manage their menstrual health with dignity and safety.