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CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Home, safe home – (August 2012) – Volume 23, Number 4

— 2012

Home, safe home – (August 2012) – Volume 23, Number 4In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services helps keep people out of harm’s way by giving them shelter in the wake of disasters. You’ll also see how CRS helps people return to their homes and neighborhoods as quickly and safely as possible

Language: English (1233K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Desperately Seeking Refuge - (June 2012) - Volume 23, Number 3

— 2012

Desperately Seeking Refuge - (June 2012) - Volume 23, Number 3In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services gives refugees access to medical care and clean water. You’ll see how CRS helps these vulnerable people prevent illnesses and live with dignity.

Language: English (1403K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Water Works - (March 2012) - Volume 23, Number 2

— 2012

Water Works - (March 2012) - Volume 23, Number 2In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services fights drought and famine overseas. You’ll also see how CRS empowers communities to fight epidemics like HIV and cholera.

Language: English (1353K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Growing Solutions - (October 2011) - Volume 23, Number 1

— 2011

Growing Solutions - (October 2011) - Volume 23, Number 1In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services helps subsistence farmers survive prolonged droughts. You’ll see how droughts affect rural communities and how farmers can keep their crops alive.

Language: English (1266K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Building Back Better - (August 2011) - Volume 22, Number 4

— 2011

Building Back Better - (August 2011) - Volume 22, Number 4In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services helps families rebuild their homes and their lives after war and natural disasters. You’ll also see how CRS provides food and water to refugees and survivors of natural disasters.

Language: English (1185K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Protecting the Innocent - (June 2011) - Volume 22, Number 3

— 2011

Protecting the Innocent - (June 2011) - Volume 22, Number  3In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services protects victims of human trafficking and forced labor. You’ll also see the importance of vaccines in safeguarding the health of women and children overseas.

Language: English (1307K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Our Daily Bread - (March 2011) - Volume 22, Number 2

— 2011

Our Daily Bread - (March 2011) - Volume 22, Number 2In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services answers the prayers of millions of the poorest people overseas who are in desperate need of food. You’ll also see what CRS is doing to help people who have been affected by epidemics like AIDS and cholera.

Language: English (1159K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Food for Thought – (October 2010) – Volume 22, Number 1

— 2010

Food for Thought – (October  2010) – Volume 22, Number 1In this issue: Food for Thought – Feeding the poor in the West Bank – “Now we have leftovers” in Niger – Beginning a better chapter in their lives in Sri Lanka. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover the role agriculture plays in alleviating poverty. You’ll also see vivid examples of how Catholic Relief Services’ carries out food projects for four main reasons: emergency response, improving health, stewardship of the environment and providing a way to earn a living. This issue of The Wooden Bell serves you food for thought.

Language: English (1243K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

There when they need us – (August 2010) – Volume 21, Number 5

— 2010

There when they need us – (August  2010) – Volume 21, Number 5In this issue: There when they need us – The road to recover in Haiti – Preparing for disaster in India – Promoting peace in Sudan – Shelter for Indonesia’s Earthquake Survivors . In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services takes valuable lessons from past disaster responses and is using that invaluable experience to help Haitians along the road to recovery. You’ll also the ways CRS is promoting peace in order to prevent another disaster in Sudan. This issue of The Wooden Bell presents a story about two twin sisters finding new hope in a Haitian orphanage.

Language: English (1355K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Work in Progress - (June 2010) - Volume 21, Number 4

— 2010

Work in Progress - (June 2010) - Volume 21, Number 4In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services helps vulnerable families who try desperately to eke out a living when their existence below the poverty line is too often a life sentence. You’ll also see how CRS helps families become resilient by learning job skills.

Language: English (1205K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Up From Poverty - (March 2010) - Volume 21, Number 3

— 2010

Up From Poverty - (March 2010) - Volume 21, Number 3In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services programs help break the cycle of poverty. In more than 100 countries, CRS helps the poor gain the means, rights, and skills they need to live in dignity and care for themselves and their families.

Language: English (1042K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Celebrating New Life – (January 2010) – Volume 21, Number 2

— 2010

Celebrating New Life – (January  2010) – Volume 21, Number 2In this issue: New technology helps fend off disaster in India – Sky is not the limit in Zimbabwe – Healthful crops thanks to laptops – Another chance at childhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover clear evidence of how Catholic Relief Services is devoted to giving children overseas a second chance at a safe childhood through programs that foster renewal of body and spirit.

Language: English (1041K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Better Lives & Gardens – (October 2009) – Volume 21, Number 1

— 2009

Better Lives & Gardens – (October  2009) – Volume 21, Number 1In this issue: Promoting good health and harvests – Sharing seeds of plenty in Afghanistan – Precious food from container gardens in Zimbabwe – Beating the odds against HIV in Uganda. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover clear evidence of how Catholic Relief Services’ lifesaving and sustaining work is making a real, positive difference in the well-being of God’s most vulnerable children overseas.

Language: English (1021K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

The Gift of Education – (August 2009) – Volume 20, Number 5

— 2009

The Gift of Education – (August  2009) – Volume 20, Number 5In this issue: Opening minds with class – Making a difference with a circle of friends in Vietnam – Celebrating the first day of school in Pakistan – Educating Niger’s nomad children. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services supports education programs in more than 60 countries worldwide in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Easter Europe. Every day, more than one million children overseas attend a school supported by CRS, which promotes access to quality, basic education for all.

Language: English (945K) |

CRS Publications: Wooden Bell

Saving Grace– (June 2009) – Volume 20, Number 4

— 2009

Saving Grace– (June  2009) – Volume 20, Number 4In this issue: Breaking the bonds of overwhelming poverty – Harvesting a cash crop in Tanzania – Saplings of hope grow in India – Starting a new life in Egypt. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover that more than 3 billion of our brothers and sisters in the world suffer from extreme poverty. Poverty is a fertile breeding ground for hunger, disease, illiteracy, injustice, conflict, crime and despair. You’ll also find out how Catholic Relief Services’ microfinance programs use small, village-level, group-based credit and encourage savings to help create economic opportunities for people living in some of the world’s most impoverished areas.

Language: English (1096K) |
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