CARE: Impact Fund

care IMPACT FUND THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR LASTING CHANGE Ш Impact Fund gifts are flexible donations used to fund all aspects of CARE's work. Because this support is not restricted to any one program or country, it allows us to quickly direct resources where they are most needed. Coupled with our decades of experience, the Impact Fund fuels genuine and sustainable change in poor communities. IN 2007 CARE TURNED DOWN $45 Million MISSION FOCUS IN ANNUAL FOOD AID BECAUSE IT WAS HURTING Make principled and independent choices that serve the world's POOR FARMERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. poorest communities STRENGTHENING THE DAIRY VALUE CHAIN IN BANGLADESH IS HELPING 35,000 INNOVATION PEOPLE $ x 2 Respond creatively to changing environments, and test new solutions DOUBLE THEIR INCOMES. that address causes of global poverty BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010 CARE HELPED 470,000 SUSTAINABILITY Work tirelessly to tackle PEOPLE IN FIVE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES RISE OUT OF deep-seated causes of poverty to achieve lasting change EXTREME POVERTY. IN ETHIOPIA, CARE IS PARTNERING COLLABORATION WITH CORNELL UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE LESS EXPENSIVE, Develop partnerships with NGOS, INDIGENOUS ALTERNATIVES TO IMPORTED CHEMICAL corporations, foundations, multi-lateral FERTILIZERS. and community-based organizations THE KASS MARKET, A ONCE VIBRANT TRADING CENTER IN SOUTHERN DARFUR, WAS ALL BUT DESERTED BY 2006. THROUGH CARE'S PEACE-BUILDING PROJECT, MORE THAN SCALABILITY e1 80 * Expand projects with proven results into new geographic areas MARKET STALLS HAD RETURNED BY 2009. IN 2010 CARE LED 352 52 IN PROJECTS COUNTRIES ADVOCACY TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVING Support social movements civil HEALTH, NUTRITION, GENDER society groups to change policies and social norms that fuel poverty EQUITY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE. YOUR SUPPORT IS CRITICAL Much of the progress we have achieved today would not have been possible without private donations. LESS THAN 1% MORE THAN HALF of the U.S. federal of CARE's 2011 budget came from private giving. budget goes toward foreign aid. In 2011 90% of all gifts went directly to support CARE's 1,105 poverty-fighting projects. JOIN THE FIGHT TO END POVERTY CARE.ORG