Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere (CARE)

Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere

1. CARE : COOPERATIVE FOR
ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF
EVERYWHERE
Ms. SAHELI C
LECTURER
IACN

2. INTRODUCTION
•CAREisaleadingreliefanddevelopmentofnongovernmental
organizationfightingglobalpoverty.
•Workedin84countriesandsupported1051povertyfightingprojects
toreachmorethan122millionpeoplein2011.
•CAREhelpstackleunderlyingcausesofpovertysothatpeoplecan
becomeselfsufficient.
•CAREisoftenoneofthefirsttodeliveremergencyaidtosurvivorsof
naturaldisasters,warandcrisis.
•CARE help people rebuild their lives.
•CARE is a large international organization with more than 11,000
employees worldwide.

3. VISION
All of CARE international’s member
organizations share a common vision to
fight against worldwide poverty and to
protect and enhance human dignity.

4. MISSION
•CARE’Smissionistoserveindividualsandfamiliesinthepoorest
communitiesintheworld.
•CAREpromotesinnovativesolutionsandareadvocatesforglobal
responsibility.
•CAREpromotesthelastingchangeby:
Strengtheningcapacityforselfhelp.
Providingeconomicopportunity
Deliveringreliefinemergencies.
Influencingpolicydecisionsatalllevels.
Addressingdiscriminationinallitsforms.

5. CORE VALUES
•RESPECT: Affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of
participants, donors, partners and staff.
•INTEGRITY: Act consistently with CARE’s mission, honest and
transparent in what they do and say and accept responsibility for
the collective and individual actions.
•COMMITMENT: Work together effectively to serve the larger
community.
•EXCELLENCE: Constantly challenge to the highest levels of
learning and performance to achieve greater impact.

6. CARE ACTIVITIES
Activities of CARE involve:
1.Agriculture and natural resources.
2.Climate change.
3.Education.
4.Health.
5.HIV/ AIDS.
6.Nutrition.
7.Economic development.
8.Water, sanitation and environmental health.

7. 1. Agriculture and natural resources
•CARE helps families to produce more food and
increase their income while managing their natural
resources and preserving the environment for future
generations.
•CARE works with farmers to increase their crop
through activities such as planting new seed varieties,
animal husbandry, home gardening and irrigation.

8. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE
•CARE’S response to climate change is rapidly growing
to reflect the scope and severity of the challenge.
•Objectives are to empower poor and marginalised
people to take action on climate change at all levels
and to build knowledge for global change.

9. 3. EDUCATION
•CARE is dedicated to promote basic education for all.
•Experience shows that educated people have healthier
families and greater earning potential.
•Promotes and facilitate discussion between parents,
teachers and other members of the community to
overcome barriers to education.
•CARE also provides economic incentives to help parents to
cover the cost of keeping their children in school.

10. 4. HEALTH
•CARE’S health projects focus on mothers and children, who
often are the most vulnerable to disease and malnutrition.
•Focus has given on to deliver quality health services by
providing training on local health volunteers as counsellors,
mentors and monitoring of community health.
•CARE is focused on interventions ranging from nutrition and
education to birth spacing and clinical services.
•Reproductive health projects encompass family planning,
prenatal care, labour and delivery services and the prevention,
detection and treatment of STD including HIV/AIDS.

11. 5. HIV/AIDS
•Providesinformationandservicestovulnerablegroupswhile
addressingtheunderlyingfactorsthatleadpeopletomakechoices
thatputthematriskofinfection.
•CARE’sHIV/AIDSprogrammeslinkwithothersectorsincludinghealth,
educationandeconomicdevelopment.
•Helpcommunitiescareforchildrenwhohavebecomeorphanedand
vulnerablebyHIV/AIDS,developpeereducationandoutreachin
communitiesandincreaseaccesstoservicessuchascontraceptive
devices,voluntarycounsellingandtesting,antiretroviraltreatment,
STDpreventionandtreatment.

12. 6. NUTRITION
•Provided proper nutrition which is vital to a child’s healthy
development and an adult’s ability to work and care for his or
her family.
•Projects focus on teaching techniques and practices that help
prevent malnutrition.
•Demonstration of proper breast feeding, educating families,
and communities about how to cultivate and prepare
nutritious food, providing food as part of emergency relief
efforts and managing food for work projects to help
communities improve infrastructure.

13. 7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
•CARE’s economic development programmes assist
families by supporting moneymaking activities,
especially those operated by women.
•CARE initiates community savings and loan
programmes and provides technical training to help
people begin or expand small businesses that will
increase family income.

14. 8. Water, sanitation and Environmental health
•CARE health subsidizes construction but communities
make significant contributions both in case and labour,
and pay the cost of operation and maintenance.
•The goal of these projects is to reduce the health risks of
water related diseases and to increase the earning
potential of households by saving time otherwise spent
fetching water.
•Projects also include educating people about good
hygiene practice, which reduces the risk of illnesses.