Citing a dropoff in donations, CARE, the international aid agency with its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, says it has laid off 54 workers. Adam Hicks, CARE's vice president for communications and marketing, said Thursday that donations during the first quarter of 2009 are down by 8 percent compared with last year. Hicks says 43 of the layoffs are in Atlanta, and that remaining staff and management salaries are being reduced. CARE's annual report says it brought in $297 million from non-governmental sources in fiscal 2008. After the layoffs, it has 255 workers in Atlanta.
(Associated Press)
