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CARE International: A Case Study of a Non Governmental Organisation
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CARE International is one of the largest private non-profit making NGOs providing development assistance to the LDCs. It operates a number of projects in Zambia. CARE International, originally named after its acronym The Co-operative for American Remittances to Europe, was formed in America in 1946 sending supplies to alleviate the shortages in war-torn Europe. The first CARE packages were sent to the poor, hospitals and schools in the United Kingdom. As Europe rebuilt itself after the war CARE started to direct its attention to LDCs around the world and became known as CARE International.
Now CARE International operates over 500 projects in a total of 63 different countries from ten offices throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe. It employs more than 10,000 employees with over 9,000 nationals from the countries where the projects are based.
It gets its funds from a number of sources:
- Individual donors
- Institutional support e.g. the European Commission's humanitarian offices (ECHO), government ministries
- Corporate donors
Care International has operated in Zambia since 1992 and it estimates that over 550,000 people have benefited from its programmes in the country. CARE International Canada manages a number of projects in Zambia. These include:
- Projects aimed at improving peoples access to primary care through provision of health, education, nutrition and access to water and sanitation:
- Urban restructuring Water Supply Project (URWSP)
- Programme of Support for Poverty Elimination and Community Transformation (PROSPECT)
- Projects aimed at improving economic security and expanding people's income earning capabilities, especially women, through the provision of credit and saving opportunities (microfinance):
- Peri-Urban Lusaka Small Enterprise Project (PULSE)
- Copperbelt Urban Livelihood Project (CULP)
- Zambia REAP (Rural Enterprise & Agri-Business)
- PACE (Partnerships for Capacity Building in Education)
- Projects aimed at improving the productivity and lifestyles of poor farmers through the promotion of appropriate technology, access to credit and environmental protection:
- Zambia Rural Roads and Household Food Security
- Promotion and Distribution of Fuel Efficient Stoves
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