CARE International’s history in Canada
CARE opened an office in Canada in 1946. However, it was not until the mid-1970s that the organization truly started to become an international body.
CARE Canada (initially Care of Canada) became an autonomous body in 1973, based in Ottawa, Ontario. In the early 1980s, longer-term development programs began focusing on ways to improve and increase women and girls’ rights, ensure their unique needs are addressed, and that they have a say in issues that affect them.
CARE Canada and partners' work today
CARE Canada, along with support from the Government of Canada and other Canadian and global partners, supports 50 projects and initiatives in 35 countries, working across four main pillars: her health, her safety, her livelihood, and emergency response.
Alongside our many incredible partners, donors, and project participants, we’re working hard to ensure our Canadian-funded projects are wide-reaching and their impact lasts for generations. Our projects:
- Focus on specific marginalized groups, especially women and girls
- Address the underlying causes of poverty
- Involve advocacy and address governance
- Involve long-term engagement
- Measure impact
When women everywhere have what they need to live safe and healthy lives, when they have dignified work, when they can claim the leadership opportunities they deserve, they make the world a better, more equal place for EVERYONE.
Learn more about CARE Canada's work here.
