Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc .

1. Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.

2. CARE was founded to relieve WWII survivors • Started in 1945 in DC as a relief organization sending “care packages” to WWII survivors

3. 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

4. What was a CARE Package?

5. 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

6. CARE has changed and expanded its mission • Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

7. CARE has changed and expanded its mission • Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere • Goal: to eradicate poverty through • long-term developmental work • emergency relief

8. CARE now has a world-wide reach

9. CARE serves the poor on many levels • Strives for lasting change through

10. CARE serves the poor on many levels • Strives for lasting change through • Self-help • Economic opportunity • Emergency relief • Influencing policy decisions • Addressing discrimination

11. 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”

12. CARE contributes in three ways • Community-based efforts

13. CARE contributes in three ways • Community-based efforts • Aid

14. CARE contributes in three ways • Community-based efforts • Aid • Programs

15. CARE puts women, climate change, and HIV/AIDS as top priorities

16. West Bank/Gaza illustrates CARE’s relief work • 1948: provided CARE packages

17. West Bank/Gaza illustrates CARE’s relief work • 1948: provided CARE packages • Relief work today • Includes basic needs assistance to trauma-coping activity implementation

18. Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on development • Entered Haiti in 1954 after Hurricane Hazel

19. Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on development • Entered Haiti in 1954 after Hurricane Hazel • Have since added health, education, and water programs

20. Haiti illustrates CARE’s focus on development CARE currently works to provide long term solutions for the cholera epidemic

21. CARE fights criticism as well as poverty • Too much money spent on solicitations, employee salaries

22. CARE fights criticism as well as poverty • Too much money spent on solicitations, employee salaries • Lack of long-term progress/accountability

23. 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

24. CARE has reached out to many

25. 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/AR2010012702266.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.jpg • 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