Some 7,000,000 children across the world have had to be dropped from CARE’s child-nutrition programs, because of reductions in U.S. Food for Peace commodities allocated to private American agencies for humanitarian use overseas.
To continue daily supplementary feedings for 20,000,000 persons — almost all, children — during the coming year, and to provide emergency food aid for 6,000,000 refugees and disaster victims, the 1973 holiday-season CARE Food Crusade seeks to raise 7,300,000, Frank L. Goffio, executive director, announced.
“Painful decisions have had to be made to drop large groups of preschool and school-children in countries where hunger and malnutrition are the biggest killers of the young, and cause permanent physical and mental damage in millions who survive,” Mr. Goffio said.
“CARE is hopeful Food for Peace cuts may be restored in the months ahead. Meanwhile, we must appeal to the public to respond generously, so that most crucial programs can be maintained.”
While U.S. agricultural donations are the mainstay of the programs, CARE also buys other foods to match local needs. Host governments help too, by contributing distribution costs according to their abilities. Public contributions cover the remaining delivery and purchase costs. Checks may be sent to: CARE Food Crusade, 109 North Akard, Room 917, Dallas, Texas 75201.