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Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CARE was founded to relieve WWII survivors
Started in 1945 in DC as a relief organization sending “care packages” to WWII survivors
CARE was founded to relieve WWII survivors
Started in 1945 in DC as a relief organization sending “care packages” to WWII survivors
Initially the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
What was a CARE Package?
What was a CARE Package?
one pound of beef in broth
one pound of steak and kidneys
8 ounces of liver loaf
8 ounces of corned beef
12 ounces of Spam
8 ounces of bacon
2 pounds of margarine
one pound of lard
one pound of fruit preserves
one pound of honey
one pound of raisins
one pound of chocolate
2 pounds of sugar
8 ounces of egg powder
2 pounds of whole-milk powder
2 pounds of coffee
CARE has changed and expanded its
mission
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
CARE has changed and expanded its
mission
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
Goal: to eradicate poverty through long-term
developmental work emergency relief
CARE now has a world-wide reach
CARE serves the poor on many levels
Strives for lasting change through
CARE serves the poor on many levels
Strives for lasting change through Self-help Economic opportunity Emergency relief Influencing policy decisions Addressing discrimination
Local women lead CARE’s efforts
Believe “equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty”
CARE contributes in three ways
Community-based efforts
CARE contributes in three ways
Community-based efforts
Aid
CARE contributes in three ways
Community-based efforts
Aid
Programs
CARE puts women, climate
change, and HIV/AIDS as top
priorities
West Bank/Gaza illustrates CARE’s
relief work
1948: provided CARE packages
West Bank/Gaza illustrates CARE’s
relief work
1948: provided CARE packages
Relief work today Includes basic needs
assistance to trauma-coping activity implementation
Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on
development
Entered Haiti in 1954 after Hurricane Hazel
Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on
development
Entered Haiti in 1954 after Hurricane Hazel
Have since added health, education, and water programs
Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on
development
CARE currently works to provide long term solutions for the cholera epidemic
CARE fights criticism as well as poverty
Too much money spent on solicitations, employee salaries
CARE fights criticism as well as poverty
Too much money spent on solicitations, employee salaries
Lack of long-term progress/accountability
CARE fights criticism as well as poverty
Too much money spent on solicitations, employee salaries
Lack of long-term progress/accountability
From constrictive males in patriarchal societies
CARE has reached out to many
Sources Information
http://www.care.org/index.asp http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3568 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR201001270
2266.html?hpid=topnews
http://english.wafa.ps/?action=detail&id=14881
Photos http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1349/3353380566_d7f2557c20.jpg http://www.careintjp.org/en/whoiscare/images/activity_1.jpg http://rickspate.com/images/africa_woman_child_web2.jpg http://www.familycareintl.org/UserFiles/Image?About/ANC_Well.gif http://www.kateholt.com/files/CARE_International_II/CARE_International_II_08.jpg http://www.hanisauland.de/img/db/carepacket_193_184_100.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Dakar_2006_african_women
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http://www.carewb.org/images/logo.jpg http://cloud.globalgiving.org/pfil/4578/pict_grid7.jpg http://www.care.org/photos/about/sp_berlin.gif