Carter Center

Over 40 years, The Carter Center has worked in more than 90 countries to resolve conflicts, advance democracy, protect human rights, prevent disease, and improve mental health and support for caregivers. In ways large and small, we strive to wage peace, fight disease, and build hope across the globe and here at home. And with each step forward, we help create the more peaceful and healthy world that President and Mrs. Carter imagined. Here’s how: Waging Peace Our peacebuilding programs advance democracy, the rule of law, government transparency, the administration of justice, and human rights. Human rights are crucial to ensuring people can live peaceful, healthy lives and reach their full potential. We support human rights defenders and seek to advance laws that uphold human dignity. Furthermore, we offer conflict resolution expertise, which has advanced the cause of peace and spared lives in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. And as a pioneer in the field of election observation, we work to build global consensus on election standards and monitor elections to help ensure the results reflect the voters’ will. Fighting Disease A leader in the eradication and elimination of diseases, we have introduced new public health approaches to preventing or controlling devastating diseases in Africa and Latin America. These efforts bring better disease tracking and health care delivery to nations with limited resources and make it possible to treat multiple diseases at once. We currently fight six diseases — Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria. We also strive to improve access to — and coverage of — mental health care in the United States and abroad and to diminish the stigma that people with mental illnesses still face. In addition, we work to support family caregivers so that they can thrive even in the midst of sometimes overwhelming challenges. Building Hope Since 1982, The Carter Center has helped people around the world live healthier and more peaceful lives. Our goal is always to give people the knowledge and tools they need to improve their own situations and sustain positive change. We push for progress by forming partnerships with governments, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, corporations — and most of all, with people at the grass roots so that they can be part of transforming their communities.