Care-Denmark

Care-Denmark - Danish humanitarian organisation that helps the world to find a tolerance, hope, social justice, to overcome poverty and unjustice of human live. It is one of the biggest humanitarian organisations in the world. It helps more that 55 million of people in 70 countries. Its speciality is to manage natural resources and to help people to adapt to climate changes. Climate changes makes people escape from their countries because of droughts, floods, cyclones etc.

History

CARE was found after World War II when European emigrants to the USA sent food aid and basic supplies back to war-torn Europe. These ’CARE packages’ were a private-sector counterpart to the Marshall Plan, and when aid was no longer needed in Europe, CARE’s focus shifted to the developing world. Marshall Plan aid was a strategic measure to boost economic recovery with the object of preventing further destitution and armed conflict. Until this day, CARE’s work abides by the same principle: to avert disasters by empowering some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people to participate in and assume responsibility for positive development. CARE International is a non-political, non-religious confederation of 12 CARE organisations in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States, all of which operate independently, but in close cooperation out in the field.

Organisation

CARE Danmark was established in 1987 as an independent foundation with the purpose of improving conditions of life for the poorest people in the developing countries. Organisation focuses its preventive and long-term development efforts on seven countries in Africa and Asia. CARE Danmark does not provide emergency relief. It has 25 full-time employees at its offices in Copenhagen and six employees stationed abroad. All other work is performed by locally employed staff in the developing countries. This ensures more efficient, more sustainable and cost-effective operations. CARE Denmark’s annual revenue is in excess of DKK 100 million, and it receives an annual, fixed framework grant from Danida and project support from the EU. These sources of funding are supplemented by donations from private individuals, companies and foundations. CARE Danmark spends 13 per cent of its revenue on administration and the entirety of the remainder is devoted to projects in developing countries.

External links

• http://www.care-international.org/Employment/ Care International
• http://www.care.dk Care-Denmark official website (English and Danish)

See also

• Humanitarianism
• Non-governmental organization
• Climate change

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