Carers Worldwide is the only organisation working exclusively and strategically with unpaid family carers in developing countries.
Established in 2012, we implement a range of grassroots projects across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and engage in advocacy at national, regional and global level. We draw attention to the poverty, vulnerability, marginalisation and exclusion faced by carers through lobbying local organisations, NGOs, governments and international agencies for positive change. We then work to develop carer-inclusive initiatives that meet the emotional, physical, social and economic needs of carers.
Carers Worldwide draws attention to the needs of unpaid family carers amongst local organisations, NGOS, international NGOs and Governments. We work to enable these organisations to include carers into their existing programmes and to initiate carer-specific activities that will meet the needs of carers at all levels – emotional, physical and economic.
Our strategic goal is to serve as a catalyst to:
We achieve this by:
Where we work:
Carers Worldwide implements programmes in partnerships with well-established organisations in South Asia. We are currently active in India, Nepal and Bangladesh.