Figure 1.-- American charities organized CARE at the end of World War II to aid people in war-torn Europe. As Europe began to recover, CARE turn its attention to needy people in developing countries. Here is a project providing milk to Mexican children. The CARE photograph read, "Creful Consideration: Mexican child seems to be pondering the lavor of milk to her at illage health centerunder CARE's Food Crusade program. A dollar sends enough milk powder to make 432 half-pints for s many undernourished youngsters. Other $1 CARE Food Crusade packages contain assorted foods for needy families and groups in 20 countries." The photograph was dated December 10, 1962.

CARE did not cease to operate after Europe began to recover from World War II. Over the next three decades, CARE shifted its focus from helping Europeans to delivering assistance in the developing world. As the developing world becme CARE's focus, the effort changes from just relief supplies and food distribution to a broad range of programs, including education, natural resources management, nutrition, water and sanitation, and healthcare in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A major focus of CARE today is poverty. CARE was founded in 1945 when abjectly neeed people were the result of a lack of basic goods, services, and healthcare bcause of World War II. As Europe recovered, CARE noted the great needs of people in the Third world. CARE officials began to junderstand that poverty and want is often caused by the denial of rights, opportunities and assets. The cause varies, but is a mixture of social exclusion, marginalization, and discrimination. CARE shifted to what we call a ‘rights based approach’ to development--mening human rights (early-1990s). Although Europe remained part of the groups name for decades, it even by the late-1950s was not the focus of operation. (Actually the acronmn was so widely used that few prople knew that the 'E' meant Europe. The organizers finally decided to change the meaning of its acronym to 'Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere' (1993).

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