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... > social science subjects > business and management > management settings > business management > governance > disaster relief > organizations (disaster relief) > Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

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Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere  

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  • Founded in 1945 as the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, and later renamed the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, CARE is one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations. Now based in Geneva, Switzerland, CARE operates a variety of programs, including the original emergency aid programs as well as more recent education, healthcare, hunger, and human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) initiatives, in over 70 countries. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE)]

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