CARE International
CARE is a worldwide humanitarian organization, committed to reducing, and eventually ending, extreme poverty. CARE was found in 1945 to provide relief to survivors of World War II. It has headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia . Helene D. Gayle is the President and CEO of CARE - USA .
It works to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world fighting global poverty. Not only by feeds the hungry, but also help tackle underlying causes of poverty self-sufficient. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. It works focus for poor woman because equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole poor communities overcome poverty, it had improved the lives of more than 55 million in 66 countries. Care work in many sectors, such as:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Helps families produce more food and works with farmers to increase their crop and livestock yields through activities such as planting new seed varieties, animal husbandry, home gardening and irrigation.
Health
It is focus on mothers and children, who are the easiest person who can get disease and malnutrition. What have they done are training local health volunteers as counselors, mentors and monitors of community health. family planning, prenatal care, labor and delivery services, and the prevention, detection and treatment of STDs, including HIV/AIDS is the reproductive project.
HIV/AIDS
CARE help communities care for children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS; develop peer education and outreach in communities; and increase access to services such as condoms, voluntary counseling and testing, anti-retroviral treatment, and STI prevention and treatment.
Nutrition
It is focus on teaching techniques and practices that help prevent malnutrition. We have done demonstrating 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.
Water
Educating people to have a hygiene habbit to reduce diseases and increase the earning potential of households by saving time otherwise spent gathering water are one of CARE 's mission. They helps communities build and maintain clean water systems and latrines.