Leading with Care: How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

GAINING SELF-SUFFICIENCY WHILE HELPING OTHERS

In the past few years, Zhena Muzyka, founder of Zhena’s Gypsy Tea, has made many trips to both Sri Lanka and India to meet with women who earn their livelihoods by plucking tea. As a result, she is inspired by CARE’s initiatives to help the women of this region become more self-sufficient. Although the work they do is a critical part of the local economy, these women have labored for years without an opportunity to participate in local decision making. But CARE is working to change that for the women Zhena loves so dearly by providing education and helping them find their voices.

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