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CARE International is a humanitarian organisation leading the fight to end poverty in the world’s most challenging situations. Women and girls are at the centre of our work, because we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. Founded in 1945, CARE currently works in over 120 countries and last year alone, reached 53.4 million people through nearly 1,500 projects. CARE International UK partners with government, business and individuals in the UK committed to saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice.

Born out of the Founder’s passion, personal experience and response to the humanitarian crisis caused by ISIS in Iraq in 2014, the Lotus Flower is a non-governmental organisation which runs women’s centres for the IDP and refugee community in Kurdistan. The camp-based centres provide safe, supportive and healing environments for women and girl survivors, filling resource gaps by providing community-responsive programming. Our programmes are based around four themes from the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals: Education and Livelihoods, Health and Safety, Peacebuilding and Human Rights, and Climate Change, which each have gender equality as an underlying driver. To date, our work has included much-needed livelihoods projects, language courses, computer training and mental health support, plus awareness sessions and advocacy on women's rights and gender-based violence. We aim to provide the foundation for women to rebuild themselves, their families, and their futures. The Lotus Flower was founded in 2016, with Kurdistan registration number 4054-F and Iraq registration number 1O2109035. We are a registered charity in England and Wales (no. 1203840), Our Vision Our fundamental belief is that women and girls are powerful drivers of change. We strive for a world where they are safe from violence, free to access education and empowered to participate in their communities to drive social and economic change from within. Our Mission We invest in the future of women and girls because they play a vital role in resurrecting and strengthening their own communities. We work at grassroots level, and to ensure we meet the needs of women and girls, we listen to the local community and employ them to implement our programs. Just like the lotus flower as it emerges from muddy water into the light, we provide women and girl survivors with the strength and support they need to rise out of darkness, moving from past suffering and hardship to reach their full potential.

At Women for Refugee Women, we support women who have fled persecution including rape, gender-based violence, domestic violence, forced marriage, female-genital cutting, sexual violence, torture and trafficking to rebuild their lives on their own terms. Through our programme of creative and educational activities, we support a network of over 675 refugee and asylum-seeking women to develop their confidence and skills. Every woman who joins our network will find a welcoming and supportive space in which she can meet other women and begin to rebuild her life, whether that be through speaking her first words of English or leading campaigns for a compassionate and fair asylum process.