CARE International: Empowering Communities Worldwide
CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) is an international humanitarian agency founded in 1945, providing aid and support in 90 countries through various projects focused on poverty alleviation, emergency response, gender equality, and advocacy for policy change. Emphasizing empowerment and meeting the needs of women and girls, CARE reaches millions of people globally with programs addressing critical issues like food security, health, education, and climate change.
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CARE (COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE)
Type: International humanitarian agency. Founded: November 27, 1945. Structure: Confederation of fourteen National Members Scope: Working in 90 countries, operating 880 projects (2014). Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) was founded in North America in the wake of the Second World War in the year 1945. It is one of the world's largest independent, non-profit, non-sectarian international relief and development organizations. CARE provides emergency aid and long term development assistance. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
As in 2014, CARE reported working in 90 countries, supporting 880 poverty-fighting projects and humanitarian aid projects, and reaching over 72 million people. CARE s programs in the developing world address a broad range of topics including emergency response, food security, water and sanitation, economic development, climate change, agriculture, education, and health. CARE also advocates at the local, national, and international levels for policy change and the rights of poor people. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
CARE focuses particularly on empowering and meeting the needs of women and girls and promoting gender equality. CARE International is a confederation of fourteen CARE National Members, each of which is registered as an autonomous non-profit non- governmental organization in the country. The fourteen CARE National Members are : CARE Australia, CARE Canada, Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
CARE Danmark, CARE Deutschland-Luxembourg, CARE France, CARE India, CARE International Japan, CARE Nederland, CARE Norge, CARE sterreich, Raks Thai Foundation (CARE Thailand), CARE International UK, CARE USA, and CARE Peru. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
Programs in developing countries are usually managed by a Country Office, but CARE also supports projects and may respond to emergencies in some countries where they do not maintain a full Country Office. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
CARE IN INDIA CARE IN INDIA CARE began its operation in India in 1950. Till the end of the 1980s, the primary objective of CARE India was to provide food for children in the age group of 6-11 years. From mid-1980s, CARE-India focused its food support in the ICDS program and in the development of programs in the areas of health and income supplementation. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
It is helping in the following projects: Integrated Nutrition and Health Project: Better Health and Nutrition Project; Anaemia Control Project; Improving Women's Health Project; Improved Health Care for Adolescent Girl's Project; Child Survival Project; Improving Women's Reproductive Health and Family Spacing Project; Konkan Integrated Development Project etc. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
CARE-India works in partnership with the Government of India, State Governments, NGOs, etc. Currently it has projects in Andhra Pradesh. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Park. K, Park Textbook of Preventive And Social Medicine, 25th ed, 2019, 987
