Earthquake

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is responding to the earthquake that struck Friday night just off the coast of Donggala in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

We're working with partners to provide assistance in Oaxaca and other areas.

Families, many of whom are living outside because their homes were damaged or destroyed in the recent earthquakes, are concerned about the coming monsoon rains.

CRS is committing at least $10 million to help those affected by the devastating earthquake in Nepal, as CRS teams prepare to distribute relief supplies to those now living outside, either because their homes were damaged or destroyed or because of fear of the strong continuing aftershocks.

PBS NewsHour spoke with CRS staffer Kushal Neogy about the difficulties hampering aid efforts for survivors of the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake.

Five years after the earthquake in Haiti, St. Francois de Sales Hospital is reopening better than before.

Eighty percent of the St. Francois de Sales hospital in Port-au-Prince was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. This week, it reopens.

The "Mountains to Market" program helps Haitian coffee and mango farmers increase their incomes and better protect their precious natural resources.