CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) is a broad-spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty that operates in more than 70 countries.
One of the organization’s primary focuses in its fight to eradicate poverty is women’s empowerment. Women are at the center of many of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase acc...
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CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere) is a broad-spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty that operates in more than 70 countries.
One of the organization’s primary focuses in its fight to eradicate poverty is women’s empowerment. Women are at the center of many of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also is responsible for delivering emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters and is often also involved with the rebuilding process.
CARE stated that in 2010 they implemented 768 projects in 70 countries, reaching almost 57 million people.
CARE was first established in the United States during the month of November 1945 as Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. It was founded in response to the decimation of Europe from the...
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