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

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