CARECAREDefending Dignity Fighting Poverty

Focus Focus

CARE’s main focus is women living in poverty.

Women can strengthen entire communities and escape poverty when provided with proper resources

MissionMission

To serve those in the poorest communities.

Growing strength from global diversity, resources and experiences

promoting innovative solutions.

MissionMission

Facilitating LASTING change by: ◦ Strengthening the capacity for self help◦ Providing economic opportunity◦ Delivering relief◦ Influencing policy decisions◦ Addressing discrimination

Where in the Where in the world?world?

CARE works in several world regions:

•Africa•Asia•Latin America•South America•Middle East

What do they do?

What do they do?

5 sectors of CARE’s work Agriculture and Natural Resources Education Economic devolvement Emergency Relief Health

Agriculture and Natural Agriculture and Natural ResourcesResources

75% of the poor live in rural areas. Improving agriculture in these countries would have a dramatic impact.

Agriculture and Natural Agriculture and Natural ResourcesResources

Agricultural projects focus on: Increasing cash crops Planting winter crops Building irrigation systems, small dams, and water tanks

Conservation of Natural resources

EducationEducation 774 million adults can not read or write - 64% are women. 

•Work with governments to make education readily available to everyone.

•Focus on vulnerable groups:• Refugee children• Women and children• People with HIV/AIDS

Economic Economic DevelopementDevelopement

•Provide financial services to the poor.

•Initiates community savings-and-loan programs.

•Provides technical training.

Emergency ReliefEmergency Relief

Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance Unit (EHAU) ◦ Helps create plans for emergencies

◦ Ensure they receive supplies when they need them most.

Health

Health

Increase awareness of HIV/AIDS

Reduce the spread of the disease.

provide health care to vulnerable groups.◦Women◦Children

World Hunger World Hunger CampaignCampaign

Provides feeding programs, education, microcredit loans, sustainable agriculture and other projects to help families lift themselves out of poverty.

World Hunger World Hunger CampaignCampaignLaunched on October

16,2006Melbourne Australia

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“Going without and doing a world of good”

CARE Overview

CARE Overview

Works CitedWorks Cited

www.care.orgwww.my.care.orghttp://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world-poverty-distribution

http://www.careaustralia.orghttp://global.campaignforeducation.org

http://www.nab.com.au/About_Us/0,,82058,00.html