Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere (CARE)

Cooperative for assistance and relief everywhere (CARE)

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  CARE : COOPERATIVEFOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE Ms. SAHELI C LECTURER IACN
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  INTRODUCTION • CARE isa leading relief and development of non governmental organization fighting global poverty. • Worked in 84 countries and supported 1051 poverty fighting projects to reach more than 122 million people in 2011. • CARE helps tackle underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self sufficient. • CARE is often one of the first to deliver emergency aid to survivors of natural disasters, war and crisis. • CARE help people rebuild their lives. • CARE is a large international organization with more than 11,000 employees worldwide.
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  VISION All of CAREinternational’s member organizations share a common vision to fight against worldwide poverty and to protect and enhance human dignity.
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  MISSION • CARE’S missionis to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. • CARE promotes innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility. • CARE promotes the lasting change by:  Strengthening capacity for self help.  Providing economic opportunity  Delivering relief in emergencies.  Influencing policy decisions at all levels.  Addressing discrimination in all its forms.
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  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.
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  CARE ACTIVITIES Activities ofCARE 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.
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  1. Agriculture andnatural 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.
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  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.
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  3. EDUCATION • CAREis 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.
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  4. HEALTH • CARE’Shealth 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.
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  5. HIV/AIDS • Providesinformation and services to vulnerable groups while addressing the underlying factors that lead people to make choices that put them at risk of infection. • CARE’s HIV/AIDS programmes link with other sectors including health, education and economic development. • Help communities care for children who have become orphaned and vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, develop peer education and outreach in communities and increase access to services such as contraceptive devices, voluntary counselling and testing, anti retroviral treatment, STD prevention and treatment.
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  6. NUTRITION • Providedproper 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.
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  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.
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  8. Water, sanitationand 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.