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As you count your blessings this Thanksgiving, please don’t forget Abebu. I know I’ll be thinking about her as I gather around the table with my family and friends on Thursday.

Abebu is a 25-year-old mother of five in Ethiopia. Earlier this year, she planted wheat, corn and sorghum on her small plot, but most of her seeds didn’t survive the scalding drought that gripped her land. She says: “We really don’t have anything to eat. At night my children cry a lot and go to sleep early to avoid more hunger pain.”

Last month, health workers visited Abebu’s home and found that her baby, Desta, was malnourished, an all too common problem in their poor community. CARE helped supplement the family’s diet and now Desta and the rest of the family are doing well.

The good news is that Abebu’s 10-year-old daughter persevered and stayed in school, despite being hungry. And now with CARE’s help, if she can stick with her education she’ll be able to create a brighter future for herself and her family one day.

The other good news is that you can help people like Abebu when you make a tax-deductible gift to CARE.

When women like Abebu are empowered to fulfill their potential, they invest in their families and work for lasting change. That’s why CARE works side-by-side with women in the fight against hunger and poverty in more than 70 countries around the world.

Your gift to CARE today will help sustain our programs that help people like Abebu and her children grow healthy and strong, stay in school, earn an income and, ultimately, escape hunger and poverty — for good.

Thank you and happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CARE.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE

The time to act is now -- Make a gift today

Ten million children die before their fifth birthday every year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of these deaths.

CARE needs your support to help people in crises worldwide escape hunger and poverty.

Hasana is a young mother in Niger who struggled to feed her 10-month-old daughter during the food crisis that gripped the Sahel region of Africa earlier this year. “I have no milk for her,” Hasana said. “When she cries, I give her millet mixed with water and milk, but it does not have the nourishment she needs.”

Suffering from severe malnutrition, baby Farida, was admitted to a health clinic supported by CARE just in time. CARE also helped Hasana through a program for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Today, both are fine. However, Farida’s future depends on whether Hasana will be able to provide the infant with the nutrition she needs to grow healthy and strong in the months and years to come.

Hasana needs a partner in her fight against hunger and poverty. Will you make a gift to CARE today? Here are just a few ways your tax-deductible gift can make a difference:

$77 could provide more than 900 hungry children a warm, nutritious meal at school to improve their energy, attention and performance.
$46 could provide a mother with a garden kit, including a spade, watering can and other tools, to improve crop production and income for her entire family.
$24 could give two farmers a handbook on improved techniques to increase and better manage their crop production.

When women like Hasana are empowered to fulfill their potential, they invest in their families and work for lasting change. That’s why CARE works side-by-side with women in the fight against hunger and poverty in more than 70 countries around the world every single day of the year.

Please don’t wait for another crisis to help people like Hasana and Farida. Make a gift today to help empower women around the world create a brighter future for all.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE