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CARE
is
one
of
the
world's
largest
international
humanitarian
organizations,
committed
to
helping
families
in
poor
communities
improve
their
lives
and
alleviate
poverty.
Founded
in
1945,
CARE
is
working
across
93
countries
to
fight
global
poverty
and
marginalization.
CARE
has
been
active
in
Bangladesh
since
1949
with
Bangladesh
being
one
of
the
largest
country
offices
of
CARE.
Prior
to
Bangladesh's
independence
in
1971-
CARE
Bangladesh's
efforts
mainly
focused
on
disaster
relief,
school
and
pre-school
feeding.
Since
1974,
CARE
Bangladesh's
development
portfolio
has
included
food
security
and
livelihoods;
health
and
nutrition;
agriculture
and
natural
resources;
climate
change
adaptation;
women's
empowerment
and
reduction
of
violence
against
women;
civil
society
strengthening;
HIV/AIDS;
disaster
risk
reduction
and
emergency
response.
Over
the
recent
years,
CARE
adopted
rights
based
programming
to
address
the
underlying
causes
of
poverty
to
transform
the
lives
and
livelihoods
of
the
poorest
and
marginalized,
through
amplifying
their
voices
in
securing
their
legitimate
claims
and
entitlements.
CARE
has
also
acquired
a
leadership
position
in
private
sector
engagement
by
forging
partnerships
with
27
enterprises,
centered
on
inclusive
business
models
in
the
areas
of
market
access,
sourcing
and
aggregation;
distribution
systems;
workforce
engagement;
and
capacity
building
in
inclusive
business
-to
jointly
address
development
challenges
for
people
at
the
bottom
of
the
pyramid.
CARE
Bangladesh
is
currently
implementing
35
projects
in
partnership
with
36
implementing
NGOs
to
improve
food
and
livelihood
security,
promotion
of
gender
equality
and
women
empowerment,
improve
child
health
and
nutrition
to
eventually
reduce
child
mortality.
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