Kare was born in Angola in 1966, and fled the civil war to Botswana with her parents when she was two years old. She is a single parent with five daughters and one son. She learnt to weave from her mother when she was 12 years old.

Kare worked at the Botswana Christian Council in the 1990's as a basket grader. This involves checking the use of colour, the tightness of the weave, the design and the quality of the finish. She says the job was difficult, as some people did not accept the grades she awarded their baskets, and the grading method. This made her unhappy, and she was relieved when she was invited to join the Etsha Weavers Group in 2001.

Kare prefers to collect her own materials, going as far as Nxamasere for the dye materials, but sometimes buys from other people as collecting can be dangerous.