CARE Australia - Development Projects

Development Projects

CARE Australia’s focus is on the support of women and girls in developing countries to create long term sustainability in the global fight against poverty. Their long-term projects cover numerous aspects of community development including:

• Agriculture and food security – CARE helps families produce more food and increase their income while managing their natural resources and preserving the environment for future generations

• Education – CARE promotes and facilitates discussion between parents, teachers and other members of the community to overcome the barriers to education that can keep families in a cycle of poverty

• Health – CARE helps communities enjoy better health, with a special focus on mothers and children, by improving their access to quality health services, nutrition, family planning, immunisation and HIV awareness and prevention

• Economic development – CARE assists impoverished families by supporting money-making activities, especially those operated by women

• Nutrition – CARE teaches techniques and practices that help prevent malnutrition, including demonstrating effective breast feeding, cultivating and preparing nutritious food, providing food as part of emergency relief efforts, and managing food-for-work projects to help communities improve infrastructure

• Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health – CARE helps communities build and maintain clean water systems and latrines and educates people about good hygiene practice to reduce the risk of illness.