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What’s it going to take?Key questions about the fight against povertyCARE International UK Annual Review 2009

World of CARECARE International UK is part of the global CARE International confederation of 12 member organisations which has its secretariat in Geneva.

We work in more than 70 countries around the world tackling poverty and injustice wherever the need is greatest. Across five continents, CARE’s work has an impact on more than 59 million people worldwide.

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Southern and West Africa10 Angola11 Benin12 Cameroon13 Chad14 Ghana15 Ivory Coast 16 Lesotho 17 Liberia18 Madagascar19 Malawi20 Mali21 Morocco22 Mozambique23 Niger24 Senegal25 Sierra Leone26 South Africa27 Togo28 Zambia 29 Zimbabwe

Asia30 Afghanistan31 Bangladesh32 Cambodia33 East Timor34 India*35 Indonesia36 Laos

37 Mongolia38 Myanmar39 Nepal40 Pakistan41 Papua New Guinea42 Philippines43 Russia44 Sri Lanka45 Tajikistan46 Thailand**47 Vanuatu48 Vietnam

Latin America and the Caribbean49 Argentina50 Bolivia51 Brazil*52 Cuba53 Ecuador54 El Salvador55 Guatemala56 Haiti57 Honduras58 Nicaragua59 Peru*

Middle East and Europe60 Armenia61 Bosnia and Herzegovina62 Bulgaria63 Croatia64 Egypt65 Georgia66 Jordan67 Kosovo68 Montenegro69 Romania70 Serbia71 West Bank/Gaza72 Yemen

CARE International Members

Countries where CARE worked in 2009

* CAREs Brazil, India and Peru are taking steps to become members of CARE International

** Thailand is both a member of CARE International and a country with ongoing CARE programming.

CARE International Member Countries 73 Australia74 Austria75 Canada76 Denmark77 France78 Germany-Luxembourg79 Japan80 Netherlands81 Norway82 Thailand**83 United Kingdom84 United States

CARE IntERnAtIonAl uK AnnuAl Review 2009 1

02Why tackle poverty abroad when people are struggling tomake ends meetat home?

04In business, the bottom line is profit. What is CARE’s bottom line?

06What’s the point of pouring money into places under constant threat of conflict or natural disaster?

08Can a multinational corporation be both profitable and responsible?

10Climate change will affect us all. What’s CARE doing about it?

12What gives care the right to try to influence decision-makers?

14Can I do anything to help?

16our strategic priorities

18Financial overview

20A big thank you

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“Many of us have friends who have lost their jobs. The media are full of stories about a nation cutting back and about, particularly, small businesses and shops closing.

But this is a global crisis. And if there’s misery in Britain, it is far, far worse for the world’s poorest people – and even greater suffering looms, particularly with the added effects of climate change.

CARE International works in more than 70 countries. Our staff are witnessing the impact of the crisis first-hand.

We see how tumbling copper prices drive unemployment up and government reserves down in Zambia and Peru; how a slow-down in construction fuels unemployment in Bosnia; and how plummeting demand and foreign investment send businesses to the wall in countries too numerous to mention.

Countries like Nepal, Bolivia and Myanmar rely heavily on income being sent back to families from workers employed overseas, such as construction workers in the Middle East. This is being badly affected, severely impacting on communities in those countries.

The impact on people in the developing world is potentially catastrophic. In Bangladesh people are eating less and selling their assets to survive. In Cambodia, and in many other countries, parents are taking their daughters out of school so they can earn an income.

We fear that the suffering will force people to take increasingly desperate measures – crime, migration, engagement in prostitution – only to lead to greater hardship.

I am delighted to see the UK Government announce its commitment to preserving the international development budget. This is exactly what is needed, and CARE International has the skills and experience to make sure that this investment really has the right impact.

We are at a critical point in global history. The world has made significant steps in the fight against poverty. But if we make wrong decisions now – as individuals, in business or in government – we risk unravelling decades of progress.

Shifting our focus away from global poverty now would come at a price humanity cannot afford.”

Geoffrey Dennis, CARE International UK Chief Executive “I’ve been asked this question many times over the past year. It’s hardly surprising, given the uK has been embroiled in the worst recession since the 1930s.”

Geoffrey Dennis Chief executive

In addition to a raft of exhausting – even back-breaking – daily chores, women in Ethiopia are responsible for a great deal of economic activity, including the care of young and weak animals.During times of drought, when pasture is scarce, women endure long and dangerous walks to seek food for their frail animals. They face many dangers – wild animals, blistering heat and dehydration, for example – as they cross large areas with no shade, water or medical facilities.

But CARE has helped to bring improvements through a package of measures to support haymaking.

By providing technical support and training, we are helping women make better use of degraded land and protect their pasture more effectively. This enables them to harvest and store more hay.

This not only reduces the need to venture further for food for their small and weak animals during the dry season, it also increases the chances of their animals surviving.

“We are thankful to CARE for this initiative because during the drought seasons we don’t have to suffer anymore,” says Ashure Jaldessa.

Haymaking in Ethiopia tackling Chronic Vulnerability

spotlIght on ouR ImpACt:

3.8millionWe provided 3.8million people with access to safe water.

781,264We enabled 781,264 people to access savings schemes.

31,843Our work created 31,843 new jobs for local people.

To find out more about our work go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/what-we-do

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79,943We immunised 79,943 children against measles.

336,833We enrolled 336,833 young children in programmes providing food and early years teaching.

31,317+64,158We trained 31,317 teachers and 64,158 school helpers.


Elsewhere, there are crises waiting to happen. Famine, flooding and fighting cast menacing shadows in the minds of millions of the world’s poorest. We work hard to build people’s resilience to disaster.

For others, emergency is not such a threat. But they still live in poverty, without basics we take for granted.

Our bottom line is not about short-term initiatives to meet basic needs of large numbers of people – for example building a well, or even running a three-year water project. it is about working to change the fundamental causes of hunger and poverty.

This often involves working across a range of areas where people’s needs are very tangible – provision of clean water, health services and teacher-training, for example.

But it can also involve helping people to be masters of their own situation – strengthening their ability to influence decision-makers or demand their rights to such services and resources.

in countries like ethiopia, Bangladesh and Peru, CARe is making a difference on the ground by helping to provide services, but is also working with local government and community organisations to foster ongoing dialogue, so that vulnerable people can demand and secure their rights. This has happened for people living with Hiv and AiDS in ethiopia, landless people in Bangladesh and mothers seeking health services in Peru.

To bring about long-lasting change, we need to be present for the long haul and develop a very strong understanding of the local context.

For this reason, more than 90 per cent of our staff are locally-hired, and we increasingly look to work alongside local organisations.

One of the advantages this brings is that it helps us ensure the impact of our grassroots work benefits more than those with whom we work directly. in Bangladesh, for example, our work with landless people is influencing the national Government’s policy and practice on food security.

Despite strong growth in Peru in recent years, largely due to a flourishing mining industry, the benefits have been shared unequally. Many communities are missing out – especially when it comes to health services.

CARE is working with female volunteers to tackle these inequalities. We train them to observe health professionals and in particular to make sure women receive good quality, appropriate maternal health services.

If they see or hear of cases of malpractice such as charging for drugs which should be free, unprofessional conduct or reduced opening hours at remote health clinics, they report back to the Regional Ombudsman’s office. The Ombudsman then informs the local health authorities, providing names of offending facilities and practitioners.

The health services are listening. CARE is working with the Ministry of Health and the Ombudsman at the local, regional and national levels. Eugenia Itme is one of our volunteers. Each week, she rides for nearly three hours by bicycle to a small health clinic, where she checks the care women are receiving.

“It’s worth it to get on that bike and volunteer my time because I want every woman to learn her rights, just as I have,” said Eugenia.

Putting our Vision into Practice: Better healthcare in peru

When emergency strikes, we get there fast. We draw swiftly on our far-reaching experience. We work with partners to save lives and meet immediate needs. once the world’s media have moved on, we’re still there – continuing to help rebuild devastated lives.

To find out more about our work go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/what-we-do

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What’s the point of pouring money into places under constant threat of conflictor natural disaster?

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“We can’t tell a survivor of war or natural disaster: ‘You’re too poor to help. You don’t have the right to live in dignity.’ We know the British public are with us on this. You only have to look at the response this year to the crisis in Gaza.”CARe international uK is part of the Disasters emergency Committee (DeC), a coalition of 13 aid agencies who work together when emergency erupts in the developing world. The DeC raises funds to provide humanitarian relief. earlier this year, when fighting erupted in Gaza, British people donated £8.1 million to the DeC appeal. we have used our share of the money to help farmers rebuild their lives.

Conflict locks countries into a cycle of poverty. it undermines development work, ignites emergencies and destroys infrastructure, like roads and services.

Many countries where we work are in conflict, have fragile peace or are made vulnerable by local wars. CARe ensures civilians in war zones have places to go for help, and can access vital food and shelter.

insensitive development projects can trigger or worsen conflicts, wasting chances for peace. we work to make our projects ‘conflict sensitive’. Our staff and partners avoid unintentionally contributing to conflict. we bring people together to start, and support, peace-building projects.

we work to influence policy-makers, for example, towards creating and protecting ‘humanitarian space’ so that we, and other aid agencies, can help those in conflict zones.

There will always be natural disasters. But much of our work starts before disaster strikes.

we work with communities and governments in the areas most in danger. we analyse what might happen and how we can reduce the risks to people and their livelihoods.

we help communities develop their own plans and build preparedness – by creating early warning systems, evacuation routes and places of refuge, for example.

After analysis, a community might decide to relocate from a hazardous location, or it might start planting trees to prevent soil erosion, which can cause landslides. CARe is there to help.

“ If you’d just been forced to flee your home and possessions, you’d say there’s every point,” said Adam Poulter, CARE International UK’s Head of Humanitarian and Emergencies Team.


11.7millionOur emergency response and preparedness programmes reached 11.7million people.

2,441,914We provided 2,441,914 people with a dignified safe haven after emergencies.

160,000We supply 160,000 litres of water per day for people forced to flee their home due to the conflict in Sri lanka.

To find out more about our work around conflict or emergencies go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/conflict or www.careinternational.org.uk/emergencies

The three weeks of renewed conflict in January hit the people in Gaza severely. Even before the recent conflict, many were receiving international food assistance. Now 88 per cent of the 1.3 million-strong population are reliant on food aid.Farmers’ crops, animals, green houses, wells, irrigation systems and equipment were destroyed, with many of the materials required to repair or replace them unavailable in Gaza.

The money raised through the DEC Gaza Crisis Appeal has been used to buy potato and watermelon seedlings, to replace farmers’ lost crops. The anticipated harvest is 6,000 tons of food. Three hundred and fifty farmers and their families are benefiting from this project – an estimated 2,800 people.

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has given us £650,000, which we are using to provide agricultural resources to 300 farmers, deliver fresh food baskets to more than 7,000 households and provide 100 small rabbit breeding kits to particularly vulnerable families.

Supporting Recovery in a Conflict Zone: A Fresh start for gaza’s Farmers

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Can a multinational corporation be both profitable and responsible?

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At the same time increased globalisation in trade, and global issues such as climate change, have demonstrated a need for the private sector to be more responsible – and responsive – to the needs of developing countries.

Companies have always relied on healthy and economically active communities to develop their businesses.

But it is now more pertinent than ever that multinational corporations better understand the very complex issues affecting poor communities where they operate.

Through our private sector partnerships, we have seen how companies are recognising the need for a new approach.

By integrating their responsibilities to employees, producers and consumers with their core business, companies can improve their overall performance whilst working with others to address the causes of poverty.

we have witnessed, for example, improvements to the lives of thousands of Sri lankan tea-pickers through CARe’s collaboration between plantation owners and the ethical Tea Partnership – just one example of how business can positively impact on the lives of poor people.

ultimately, when done well, companies working in a responsible way can help ensure future profits, whilst making positive social and environmental impacts in poor communities.

In Tamil Nadu, a flood-prone area in India, many people whose homes and belongings have been damaged or destroyed are for the first time able to claim insurance.

CARE and Allianz worked together to introduce bespoke insurance products for

people living below the poverty line in an area hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.

Allianz is not expecting to reap a quick profit from these products,

instead it wants them to function cost-effectively in

the short-term and deliver social benefits.

The result was an annual combined life and general

insurance policy that costs just 320 rupees – roughly £4, or less than nine pence per week – for a family of four. It protects property against accident, fire and natural disaster. It also covers medical treatment and loss of earnings due to accidents.

Tamil Nadu villager Vijayalakshmi explains the benefits the insurance is having: “Our village has been hit by flooding. Homes and belongings have been damaged and many people will be able to get help from their insurance.”

Partnering with the Private Sector: providing Insurance for the First time in tamil nadumany multinational corporations

are increasingly aware of the responsibilities that come with operating in countries where there are high levels of poverty.

To find out more about our work with private sector partners go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/companies


6,000 Through our partnership with Starbucks, 6,000 people in coffee-growing communities in Ethiopia have improved access to lifelong learning, and improved water and livelihood opportunities.

120,000 Our partnership with Allianz has seen people in Tamil Nadu take up 120,000 microinsurance policies offering life, health and general cover.

2,700 With the Ethical Tea Partnership, we trained more than 2,700 tea-pickers to improve the quality of their work, helping them earn financial bonuses.

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Climate change will affect us all. What’s CARE doing about it?

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Human-induced climate change is modifying patterns of extreme weather, including floods, cyclones and droughts, washing away hard-won development gains and destroying rural economies dependent on simple farming and livestock herding.

This is a huge challenge to the fight against poverty. But CARe recognises that there is still time to prevent human suffering on an unprecedented scale. we’re acting quickly because we must.

we’ve been focussing on helping communities to adapt to their already-changing climates. we help them prepare for disaster and make their livelihoods more resilient. For example, in Peru, ecuador and Bolivia, CARe is working with communities and national governments to help cope with the impact of melting glaciers. Our work in ecuador, for instance, includes the introduction of crops and methods of farming that require less intensive use of land than traditional techniques. This reduces the need to encroach on the low-growing vegetation known as “Paramo”, whose fragile eco-system plays a key role in retaining water and influencing local rainfall patterns.

we also recognise that the impacts of climate change aggravate financial, political, social and environmental problems. Because of this, we work with governments, the private sector and a wide range of civil society organisations to address the challenges of climate change.

For example, in indonesia, CARe helped draft a Presidential Decree requiring farmers – especially women farmers – to be trained in techniques that reduce their vulnerability to climate variability. The Decree also sets out measures to help communities adapt to climate change and introduces weather-based crop insurance for small-scale farmers.

This year the international community has been making key policy decisions on climate change – culminating in the COP 15 world summit in Copenhagen in December. Our field experience and operational focus give us valuable insight into the impact of environmental policies on the world’s poorest people, and the likely impact of proposals. we are sharing this insight with global policy-makers.

Climate change is more than a threat, it’s a reality for millions of the people we work with. The truth is it’s the world’s poorest people who are most affected, despite them contributing the least to its causes.

Villagers in flood-prone areas of Bangladesh face increasingly intense and frequent flooding. CARE is working to help them adapt. This includes creating floating gardens that rest on a bed of water hyacinth (main picture). Buoyed by the hyacinth, crops can rise above the flood waters to protect a critical source of food and income.

we have been running training sessions on garden preparation, seedling raising, crop-cycle, aftercare and protection against pests. we have distributed seeds and netting to all the participants.

One of the participants, Anowara, told us: “I have eight family members who depend on the floating garden for vegetables now. Even though I lose my land for half the year, having a productive use for the water body that’s created is a blessing. Having seen the success of the floating garden, I will make a longer garden bed this year to increase my production and income.”

Facing Climate Change: Finding an Alternative in Bangladesh


10millionWe helped 10 million people around the world improve crop production, increase income, adapt to a changing climate and sustainably manage natural resources.

163Our programme to strengthen resilience to the impact of glacier shrinkage in the Tropical Andes will benefit 163 rural families.

To find out more about our work around climate change go to: www.careclimatechange.org


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What gives CARE the right to try to influence decision-makers?

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We tackle aid and development issues in a myriad of policy areas and work directly with the world’s poorest communities. The overwhelming majority of our staff are recruited from these communities.

in fact, not only do we have a right to try to influence decisions affecting the world’s poorest people; we have a responsibility to do so. even our best programmes can only directly touch so many lives. But we can expand our impact and reach by influencing policy-makers in both the developing and developed worlds.

in developing countries, we strive to build the capacity of poor communities to influence decisions that affect them. in Bangladesh, for example, we have been working with people who cannot read, have no land and depend on sporadic and exploitative wage labour. we have helped them understand how their local council works – and that the money raised from the taxes they pay is meant to provide them with social and economic support.

now they sit together with council representatives, designing the annual local government budget. unused council land is being released for farming. One group of families is cultivating bananas. Another group of women is farming fish.

At global level we seek to influence policy-makers directly. This year, for example, we launched our voices Against violence campaign, calling for support and protection for women who face rape and other sexual attacks in conflict settings. we gathered public support and lobbied the united nations Security Council. Our efforts have helped to ensure Security Council member states prioritise sexual and gender-based violence.

we also submitted our views on the uK Government’s recent white Paper on international development – and received feedback from the Government that these views have been reflected in development of policy proposals.

It is hard to find many other organisations with credentials to match ours. We can speak with authority, based on evidence and experience. We have worked for more than 60 years in partnership with communities, companies, governments and non-government organisations in five continents.

Villagers of Nanwaee, in a remote and mountainous district of Afghanistan, used to be left in darkness at nightfall.But that changed two years ago, after CARE helped them take advantage of an Afghan Government offer of 10,000 Afghanis (about £150) per family, to be pooled and spent on community development.

Nanwaee villagers had been unsure where to start, so CARE established and trained a Community Development Council to drive decision-making by and for the villagers themselves.

The Council organised a vote. “What we wanted most was electricity,” said Sayed Hekmat, who shares his home with three families.

The Council purchased and installed a solar panel in each of the village’s 80 homes. CARE’s engineers provided technical support. Guaranteed for 30 years, the panels require little maintenance. The villagers are delighted. “The children can study in the evening, and we can continue to work,” said Sayed.

Nanwaee is one of 60 villages where CARE has established Community Development Councils, to strengthen the voice of communities in decisions affecting their lives.

Governance in Action: Bringing night-time light to nanwaee


2,000Nearly 2,000 people signed our petition to the UK Ambassador to the UN, demanding that the international community take action to end rape as a weapon of war. The Ambassador said in his Security Council speech: “If we are serious about preventing and resolving conflict, then we need to be serious about addressing conflict-related sexual violence”.

560More than 560 CARE supporters responded to DFID’s White Paper consultation, urging the UK Government to take a global lead in halving world hunger. All CARE’s key demands were incorporated in the White Paper.To find out more about our work in the UK to influence policy

makers go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/campaigns


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1,208people took part in 27 challenge events raising a total of…

£867,068

Can I do anything to help?the simple answer is yes. here are some of the ways people are already helping.

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21,000people gave us regular donations.

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1,000people joined our Voices Against Violence campaign. This photo shows our campaigns stall at a Latin America Festival.

people bought a gift for a friend or family member from our I-CARE catalogue.

Film score-writer and CARE Ambassador David Arnold encouraged 344 of his Facebook friends to sign our Voices Against Violence petition (he is pictured here with children at a CARE project in Rwanda).

Interior designer and TV celebrity Laurence LLewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie staged a fundraising jazz concert for CARE – and take every opportunity to promote our work in the media.


WinnerPaul Board won a place on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, and used the opportunity to raise awareness of our Voices Against Violence campaign.

If any of these examples inspire you, please go to : www.careinternational.org.uk/what-can-i-do

Twenty-one people left us money in their Will – totalling over...

£190,000

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Richard Greenhalgh, CARe international uK Chairman

CARe international allows each member country to be both a global and local player. we plan strategically to ensure we use our resources to make the biggest impact we can towards achieving our worldwide vision.

in the uK, we are strengthening our expertise in the areas of conflict, governance and private sector engagement, enabling us to play a cutting-edge role in these issues globally. we are also a crucial resource within the CARe global confederation in emergencies generally; CARe in the uK specialises in giving expert advice on shelter and hunger in particular. we are fast developing our capacity on climate change and Hiv and Aids, and continue to work with our donors in the uK to support CARe programmes in health, education, microfinance and water and sanitation around the world.

Although this has been a challenging year, it is also a very exciting time for us. we now have more programmes in the pipeline than ever before and are achieving real progress in influencing change.

This report has focussed on some of the questions asked of CARe as we strive to make the greatest impact on poor people around the world.

Thanks to everyone who has helped us make real progress towards our vision of a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live in dignity and security.

We would never be able to achieve so much without your support.

how our impact reflects ourstrategic priorities

All of CARE International uK’s work is influenced by being part of a global confederation. CARE International is not just the British, Americans and other developed nations working alone: it’s a combined effort of expertise across the world that brings greater legitimacy and impact

Richard Greenhalgh Chairman

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To find out more about CARE’s vision go to: www.careinternational.org.uk/vision

5our five-year strategyIn order to ensure we make best use of our expertise and resources, we have agreed a number of priority thematic areas for the next five years.We will focus on:

Supporting CARE ’s work

around the world

Micro financeProviding opportunities for marginalised people to save and access credit

Hea lthSupporting poor people’s ability to access health services

Education working to increase opportunities for excluded children, and especially girls, to get a decent education

Waterincreasing access to water and sanitation for poor people

CARe international uK will support these areas, particularly in terms of fundraising and communications

ConflictDeveloping a Conflict Centre of expertise to strengthen CARe’s capacity to respond appropriately in countries in conflict

Private sector engagementMaking markets work for the poor; and working with large companies to improve their impact on poverty

Governanceimproving the ability of poor people to influence the institutions governing their lives

CARe international uK will provide technical leadership

Hunger and c hronic vulnerability working to support people living on the edge of emergency through innovative projects and by influencing uK Government policy

HIV and AIDS Supporting people living with or affected by Hiv and AiDS – both highly vulnerable groups, such as migrants and sex workers, and wider populations

Climate c h angeFocussing on adaptation and mitigation strategies, as well as advocacy, to help poor people tackle the impact of climate change

EmergenciesResponding to emergencies around the world, with particular emphasis on shelter and humanitarian aid policy

CARe international uK will contribute significantly to CARe international’s global work


Financial overviewWhere our funds come from

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Our reserves have remained strong year on year ensuring a stable future.This year we have spent money investing in our strategic plan, and intend to do the same next year.The horizontal line shows the minimum reserves level we aim to maintain.

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The majority of our expenditure goes on programme work in Africa (51%) and Asia (25%).

We spent 50% of our funds on emergency relief and a further 33% on our other core areas – conflict, governance and private sector engagement. We spent the remaining 17% on other development work, including HIV and AIDS, climate change and advocacy.

Where we spent our funds How we spent our funds

The purpose of the information is to inform the reader of the financial state of the charity. The information has been taken from the full audited annual accounts, year ended 30 June 2009. The full Trustee Report and Financial Statements can be obtained from our website at www.careinternational.org.uk

Asia 25% Latin America 4% Europe and Middle East 10% Global Projects 10% Africa 51%

Emergency Relief (Humanitarian) 45% Emergency Relief (Development) 5% Conflict 6% Governance 22% Private Sector Engagement 5% Other Development Projects 16% Advocacy 1%


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Trusts, Foundations and CharitiesBig lottery FundChristadelphian Meal a Day FundThe lord Deedes of Aldington Charitable TrustThe Dharma network ltdThe elizabeth violet Annie Rouse Settlement The Hadley TrustThe Heald Charitable TrustThe Souter Charitable Trust

Companies ABC international Bank Plc Accenture Development Partnerships AllianzAnglo American AshurstBarclaysBPBrandhouseCadburyCelerantClub Hotel loutrakiDewey & leBoeufDiageoecotricityemiratesFauchier PartnersFreshfieldsGoldman SachsHeinekeninnocent foundationPA ConsultingSociété Générale investment BankStarbucksSupersonic TravelThe ethcial Tea PartnershipThe Phone Co-opunicredit

CARE Challenge SupportersAnadarko Algeria Company llCBam nuttall BG GroupBlues Clothing ltdBPCity AMComputer weeklyContract JournalCorporate Clothing Director-eDeloitte llPFootwear TodayHugo BossiTe ModaKaplan Financial limitedlawandmore.co.uk london MacAdamMidland HeartMorgan lewisnew Media AgeOsborne ClarkePrima Solutions ltd Rugby Football unionSagicorShepherd ConstructionTimberlandwadhurst Park

Thank you to all companies and individuals who took part in the 2009 CARe Challenge Series.

LegaciesMs vivien AnsellMs Betty BarnesMrs Joy Ross Collins Mrs Rene DashwoodMr Peter Demaine GoodallMiss Frances GordenMs H e JohnsonMs Ann KingMr C F MacAulayThe Revd R D PayneMr ian R T RobertsonMr Robert H G SpencerMr Charles vincent TaylorMrs G F Tinsley

IndividualsMr David ArnoldMr Bill BrysonMr nigel ChristieMr Sam Coley and Birmingham City universityMr & Mrs Simon and Caroline DavisMs Jerry HallMr John HumphreysMr and Mrs laurence and Jackie llewelyn-BowenMr Henry RisingMr David Shamash Mr Alastair Stewart OBeMr Mike Thomson

Thank you to all those who donated to the Disasters emergency Committee this year. As a member of the DeC, we received vital funds from the disaster appeal for Gaza.

thank you to everyone who has supported CARE in the last year. Your support is invaluable in helping us to fight poverty around the world.

Board Members:Professor Michael AdlerAndy BearparkDr Alison FieldingRichard Greenhalgh – ChairMartin HaymanFrances HouseStephen KingBill laweswilliam MacphersonMichael RogersonRichard StreetFiona Thompson

Additional Committee Members:Michael Dysonnick edwardsJane KeightleyDavid SandersonAnne SiddellAndrew Studd

Senior Management Team:Geoffrey Dennis, Chief executiveCarol Monoyios, Marketing DirectorJohn Plastow, Programme DirectorMark Salway, Finance Directorlucy Stoner, Human Resources Director

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our visionCARE International seeks a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.

We will be a global force and partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We will be known everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to the dignity of people.

CARE International UK10 – 13 Rushworth Streetlondon Se1 0RBTel: 020 7934 9334 Fax: 020 7934 9335website: www.careinternational.org.ukemail: [email protected]

Registered charity number: 292506Private company limited by guarantee number (england and wales): 1911651 Cover image: © CARe / Jenny Matthews

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