CARE fights root causes of poverty in the world’s poorest communities. CARE places special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. In 66 countries, women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. Each year, CARE helps tens of millions of people around the world effect real, positive changes in their lives.

CARE and NIKE share a vision of seeking innovative ideas to address the issues faced by marginalized populations in the world’s poorest communities. CARE believes projects that use sport as a delivery vehicle for development programming can play an important role in developing leaders, improving health education, engaging youth and empowering girls. Changemakers is an ideal platform to encourage this innovation and garner broad community involvement in project design, which will lead to well developed project ideas.