CARE is a not-for-profit organization working in India for over 65 years, focusing on alleviating poverty and social injustice. They do this through well planned and comprehensive projects in health, education, livelihoods and disaster preparedness and response. Their overall goal is the empowerment of women and girls from poor and marginalised communities leading to improvement in their lives and livelihoods.

WHY WOMEN AND GIRLS?
CARE focuses on the empowerment of women and girls because they are disproportionately affected by poverty and discrimination; and suffer abuse and violations in the realisation of their rights, entitlements and access and control over resources. Also, experience shows that, when equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities overcome poverty, marginalisation and social injustice.

PROGRAMME GOAL
Women and girls from the most marginalised communities are empowered, live in dignity and their households have secure and resilient lives. CARE India aims to accomplish this goal by working with 50 million people to help them meet their health, education and livelihoods entitlements and aspirations.

VISION & MISSION

VISION
They seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.

MISSION
CARE India helps alleviate poverty and social exclusion by facilitating empowerment of women and girls from poor and marginalised communities.

CORE VALUES
CARE India works towards motivating and encouraging its staff to imbibe, internalise and demonstrate these defined core values of the organisation.

Respect
Believing in and appreciating the dignity and potential of all human beings.

Integrity
Maintaining social, ethical and organisational norms and adhering to the code of conduct.

Commitment
Fulfilling organisational goals with full commitment towards their duties and responsibilities.

Excellence
Setting high performance standards and being accountable for and responsible towards their work.

APPROACH
CARE India has made a considerable shift in its programming approach over the years. From direct service provision to enabling poor and vulnerable groups, CARE India has evolved into a rights-based organisation in order to address underlying causes of poverty. Their focus is explicitly on the well-being, social position and rights of women and girls from marginalised communities.

CARE India focuses on developing the potential of women and girls to drive long lasting equitable changes. They strategically emphasise on promoting quality healthcare, inclusive education, gender equitable and sustainable livelihood opportunities and disaster relief and preparedness.

Their efforts are focused to fight against underlying causes of poverty, building secure and resilient communities and ensuring a life of dignity for all women and girls from the most marginalised and vulnerable communities, especially among Dalits and Adivasis.

As they move ahead their key programming approach will continue to include social analysis and action, gender transformative value chain approaches, leadership and life skills strengthening, building capacities and leadership roles at multiple levels, advocacy on national and international platforms and facilitating links and dialogues between public, private and civil society.