Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) is one of the largest private international humanitarian organizations in the world, with programmes in over 72 countries. World-wide staffing exceeds 12,000, most of whom come from the nation they assist. The group is headquartered in southern London.
CARE (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe), was founded in 1945 to provide relief to survivors of World War II. The relief came in CARE Packages, which were U.S. Army surplus 10-in-1 food parcels left over from the planned U.S. invasion of Japan. The service let Americans send the packages to friends and families in Europe. Each CARE Package cost $10 and was guaranteed to reach its addressee within four months.
The CARE web site says about its name that "[w]hen CARE began in 1945, the name stood for 'Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe'. As CARE's activities broadened, this was changed to the 'Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere'. Today the name is used in its own right rather than as an acronym."
Margaret Hassan, director of CARE's Iraq division, was kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents on October 19, 2004. [1] (http://www.careusa.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2004/oct/10202004_margaret_hassan_statement.asp) She was later reported to be killed by her captors.
CAREInternational is a federation of eleven national members all of whom support the organization's global mission, to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world.
CAREInternational has been operational in Kosovo and Macedonia since 1997, during which time it focused primarily on humanitarian assistance projects for the internally displaced and refugees from the various conflicts in the Balkans.
CAREInternational is a registered non-governmental organization with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and work closely with the Provisional Institutions of Self Governance PISG, supporting the implementation of the Kosovo Standard Plan.
CARE began work in Bangladesh in 1949 with the famous CARE packages that the Americans sent to survivors of World War II in Europe and Asia.
CAREInternational will be a global force and partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.
CARE Bangladesh amplifies the voices of the poor and the marginalized in ways that influence public opinion, development practice, and policy at all levels.
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