Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, INC.

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE USA) is an international non-governmental organization with a mandate to alleviate global poverty, assist populations affected by disasters and promote awareness of poverty and social justice. With 80 years of programming experience across 120 countries, CARE works with governments, civil society organizations, financial institutions and private sector partners. CARE’s programmes span humanitarian response, food and water security, health, education, economic development and women's empowerment.

CARE integrates climate considerations across the organization’s programmes while maintaining gender equality as a cross-cutting priority. CARE’s climate approach focuses on community resilience, climate-smart livelihoods and food systems, gender-responsive action and access to finance for vulnerable populations. Guided by CARE's Vision 2030, the organization’s proposed programmes are designed to align with national development strategies, nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans and to draw on climate science and local knowledge.

CARE's global networks and experience managing large, grant-funded resilience programmes are expected to strengthen GCF’s capacity to deliver locally grounded adaptation and cross-cutting results. CARE’s partnerships with communities, savings groups, financial institutions and businesses can strengthen private sector linkages and mobilize finance. Through a climate justice approach, CARE can help ensure that climate finance reaches poor and marginalized people, particularly women and girls.