In London:
Nicole Tobin, Programme Officer for Southern Africa
t: +44 2079 349 357
e: tobin@careinternational.org

CARE International UK
10-13 Rushworth Street
London SE1 0RB
United Kingdom

In Lesotho:
Abigail Dreyer
t: +266 2231 4398
f: +266 2231 0195
m: +266 5887 0544

International NGO

CARE International UK was founded and began activities in May 1985. It is part of the CARE International confederation, one of the largest relief and development organisations in the world, operational through CARE Country Offices in over 60 countries, including Lesotho and South Africa. CARE works in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, implementing projects often in partnership with local civil society organisations in the areas of:

• Healthcare (including HIV/AIDS)
• Reproductive health
• Water and sanitation
• Food
• Agriculture and the environment
• Micro-finance and business training
• Urban poverty
• Basic and girl’s education
• Emergency relief and rehabilitation

CARE International UK provides management, financial, and technical support to these projects, particularly in the following thematic areas:

• Urban governance
• Conflict sensitivity
• Private sector partnership

CARE International UK has specific staff responsible for the mainstreaming of Civil Society, HIV/AIDS and Rights in CARE’s programming.

CARE has been operating in Lesotho since 1968 and South Africa since 1994. The joint mission of CARE South Africa-Lesotho was created in 2001 to promote regional and cost-effective programming.

For more information on Care activities in Lesotho please see the separate listing for CARE Lesotho.

This organisation's info updated on: Thu, Feb 21, 2008. Please ignore the date below.