The multi-million dollar Patsy Collins Trust Fund Initiative (PCTFI) seeks to improve the lives of marginalized girls. With an emphasis on ensuring their rights to education and development, PCTFI seeks to empower girls to fulfill their greatest human potential. With education as a critical entry point, the health and nutritional status of girls are among the explicit concerns of PCTFI.

Through this initiative, CARE aims to advance: innovation in education for the most marginalized girls, cross-sectoral collaboration, knowledge generation, organizational learning, and CARE’s global partnerships and influence. PCTFI will run for a total of 20 years in an attempt to develop an evidence base and affect