Implementation of the CARE Approach in Development Practice

In 1999, CARE adopted a programming diagram based on the CARE's livelihoods framework. The HLS approach was operationalised throughout the project circle.

Open the mouse-over animation in the right-hand column and look at the CARE's programming principles. This figure stresses the dynamic and iterative nature of the programming process so that the household security focus ensures better overall programme quality:

A phase approach is adopted that includes the following steps:

1. Identify potential geographic areas using secondary data to locate poverty concentrations;
2. Identify vulnerable groups and the livelihoods constraints they face;
3. Collect analytical data (holistic analysis guided by the CARE's livelihoods framework), taking notes of trends over time and identifying the indicators to be monitored;
4. Select the set of communities for programme interventions.