Where We Serve

Africa

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Catholic Relief Services works in over 30 countries throughout Africa and strives to enhance human dignity, empower the people that it helps and strengthen and support partner organizations. CRS achieves this by working in the areas of food security, peace building, HIV and AIDS, civil society building, Emergency Response and health among others.

Stories From Africa

Waging Peace in Southern Sudan

Government officials, parliament members and community peace officers learn valuable skills to break the cycle of violence across southern Sudan.Read More »»

CRS Food Experts Warn of Impending 'Cascade of Hunger'

A worldwide food crisis prompts leaders to seek solutions in the hopes of averting famine, discontent and violence.Read More »»

Understanding West Africa's Rising Food Prices

The complex and varied reasons for the rise in food prices in West Africa may surprise you.Read More »»

Poor Farm Families to the Rescue

Poor farm families can become part of the solution to the global crisis of rising food prices, increasing supply while increasing their own incomes.Read More »»

Finding Purpose in Malawi

A retired couple from California spends 18 months as CRS volunteers in Malawi, starting an orphan outreach center from the ground up.Read More »»

Adopting A Girl, Breaking A Stigma

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, a family takes in an HIV-positive little girl and shows how love can trump a virus.Read More »»

More Cash, Less Garbage

Marguerite Nyandwi spent precious years digging through garbage for items to sell. A CRS-supported savings program was her path to a better life.Read More »»

New Energy for A New Mom

Lifesaving HIV medications strengthen the bond between mother and daughter in northern Uganda.Read More »»

Lean Times in Lesotho

Recurrent drought, coupled with rising global food prices, is forcing many people in Lesotho to tighten their belts on ever-shrinking waistlines.Read More »»

Waging Peace in Southern Sudan

Government officials, parliament members and community peace officers learn valuable skills to break the cycle of violence across southern Sudan.Read More »»

CRS Food Experts Warn of Impending 'Cascade of Hunger'

A worldwide food crisis prompts leaders to seek solutions in the hopes of averting famine, discontent and violence.Read More »»

Understanding West Africa's Rising Food Prices

The complex and varied reasons for the rise in food prices in West Africa may surprise you.Read More »»

Poor Farm Families to the Rescue

Poor farm families can become part of the solution to the global crisis of rising food prices, increasing supply while increasing their own incomes.Read More »»

Finding Purpose in Malawi

A retired couple from California spends 18 months as CRS volunteers in Malawi, starting an orphan outreach center from the ground up.Read More »»

Adopting A Girl, Breaking A Stigma

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, a family takes in an HIV-positive little girl and shows how love can trump a virus.Read More »»

More Cash, Less Garbage

Marguerite Nyandwi spent precious years digging through garbage for items to sell. A CRS-supported savings program was her path to a better life.Read More »»

New Energy for A New Mom

Lifesaving HIV medications strengthen the bond between mother and daughter in northern Uganda.Read More »»

Lean Times in Lesotho

Recurrent drought, coupled with rising global food prices, is forcing many people in Lesotho to tighten their belts on ever-shrinking waistlines.Read More »»