CARE International is one of the world's largest independent global relief and development organisations. Non-political and non-religious, it operates in over 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
With its secretariat in Belgium, CARE International's 12 members in Europe, Australia, North America, Thailand and Japan support projects that benefit more than 45 million people every year. Each of the CARE International members is an autonomous, nationally-registered, non-profit organisation, contributing to and helping manage more than 800 programmes around the world. CARE International's staff is truly international. Out of more than 12,000 employees, more than 90 percent are nationals of the countries where CARE runs programmes.
Many governments and institutions including the United Nations, World Bank, European Commission and British Government, support CARE International's programmes across the globe.
CARE is an independent humanitarian organisation working to end world poverty. With programmes in about 70 countries, CARE touches the lives of over 45 million of the world's poorest people. Whether supporting primary health care, promoting sustainable agriculture or developing savings and loan schemes, our programmes promote positive and lasting change and reduce long-term dependency.
CARE also provides emergency food and shelter to survivors of natural disasters, wars and conflicts. We remain with communities long after initial relief efforts are completed and support initiatives to enable people to rebuild their lives and to face the future with renewed confidence. To read more about our projects and the countries in which we work