CARE – Projects in India
- CARE – Co-operative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere – is a non profit organisation which aims to provide emergency aid and long term developmental assistance in different parts of the world
- It was formed North America in 1945 after the II World War
- CARE started its services in India in the year 1950
- Initially it focussed on providing food to children in the 6-11 year age group
- By 1980, it shifted its attention to providing food in the ICDS (Intergrated Child Development Services)
- The other projects which it is involved in are:
- Intergrated Nutrition and Health Project
- Better Health and Nutrition Project
- Improving Women’s Health Project
- Improved Healthcare for Adolescent Girls Project
- Child Survival Project
- Women’s Reproductive Health and Family Spacing Project
- Konkan Intergrated Development Project
- CARE works with the central and state governments and various Non Governmental Organisations to provide these services
