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Parcels of CARE
How food packages from American relief organisation CARE eased starvation in Europe after World War Two.
Seventy-five years ago, when aching hunger dominated people鈥檚 lives in post-war Europe, a food parcel seemed like a miracle. Particularly when it had come all the way across the Atlantic from the United States. And there is one type of parcel that changed people鈥檚 lives across continents: The CAR.E parcel. In 1945, the American relief organisation CARE set out to ease the suffering of starving Europeans after World War Two.
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