Bellamy Young’s New Podcast With Humanitarian Group CARE Highlights How Foreign Aid Helps Create ‘Transformational Change’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bellamy Young is launching a new podcast series.
The “Scandal” star has teamed up with humanitarian organization CARE for the six-episode “She Leads With CARE,” premiering March 11 to coincide with International Women’s Day.
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The series features Young in conversation with women leaders from Honduras, Jordan, Nepal, Tanzania, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Young has been working with CARE since 2018. “I have always been very moved by their impact and seeing firsthand what a difference just reaching out with a little support, not just financial, but interest and apparatus, structure, programs, how it can create lasting, transformational change,” Young tells me.
Since its founding in 1945, CARE works to fight global poverty with a focus on women and girls. In 2024, CARE worked in 121 countries, reaching 53 million people through 1,450 projects.
As humanitarian assistance is now being scrutinized like never before in Washington, Young said, “The podcast couldn’t be coming out at any more important a time for people to get to hear firsthand what foreign aid does.”
A guide to the podcast episodes is below.
March 11: Daria Khrystenko, a Ukrainian refugee who fled to Poland with her son and mother after Russia invaded her home country. She left behind both her grandmother and father, who enlisted in the Ukrainian army at age 63. As a teacher, Daria began working with CARE to help Ukrainian children integrate more easily into Polish schools.
March 18: Lilian Mkusa, a mentor and coordinator with CARE Tanzania helps train women in financial literacy and economic empowerment through CARE’s Village Saving and Loans Associations.
March 25: Ra’edah Aby Alhalweh, a plumber in Zarqa, Jordan. A grant from CARE made it possible for her to start her business and transform her community.
April 4: Bhagavati Adhikar, a prominent advocate for land and housing rights in Nepal. As the executive director of Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj (NMES), she spearheads initiatives aimed at securing land and shelter rights for women in landless and informal settlements.
April 8: Teresa de Jesús Huete Muñoz, a farmer and women’s rights activist in Honduras who shares how she helps small scale farmers build skills to increase production and adapt to climate change through CARE’s Farmer Field and Business Schools.
April 15: Ha Thi Binh, a member of the Ara Tay Coffee Cooperative, which grows and processes coffee beans. She shares how CARE’s Village Savings and Loans Associations allowed her to find financial independence.
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