This brief outlines how and why labor-saving technologies and approaches when integrated with other gender transformative approaches can be instrumental in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. This brief offers practical guidance on how with proper assessment, planning, and...More

As a continuation of the previous Development Food Security Activity, the CRS-implemented Ifaa (meaning “light” in Afaan Oromo) activity is a five-year Resilience Food Security Activity program in Ethiopia supported by the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance with the goal of enabling ...More

This overview provides an insight into the technical approach of CRS' Homes and Communities strategic platform. During emergencies, the loss of a home can fracture a family’s identity—and have a grave impact on their safety, health, prosperity, emotional well-being and dignity. Often, people are...More

The purpose of this facilitator’s manual is to support CRS staff to engage with women leaders and potential women leaders to strengthen their self-confidence and build their leadership skills to actively engage in community structures. ...More

CRS conducted a market assessment of the water system in Maiduguri, Nigeria in 2019. The assessment aimed to understand the formal and informal water market in the context and identify pilot activities and recommendations for market-based water programming. This report summarizes the methodology...More

Since 2017, a CRS-led consortium has implemented the USAID-funded Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) in three health zones of the Kasaï Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Budikadidi project delivers multisectoral technical assistance to sustainably improve...More

Since 2017, CRS has empowered communities across the Kasaï Oriental  Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to talk about what divides them, uphold what unites them, and act together for stronger, healthier, and more just social ties. Witnessing the positive results of integrating...More

Health campaigns are only effective when they can achieve high coverage, at scale. Yet, with paper-based records, it can be difficult to verify who was reached during a campaign and true coverage can be near or even below the minimum needed to achieve anticipated health outcomes. Digital tools...More

The sharply worsening conflict in the Central Sahel, the mass displacement it’s caused, and a new global hunger crisis have created a humanitarian catastrophe in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger in 2022. The Sahel Crisis requires a well-coordinated, rapid, and robust humanitarian response to save...More

This document provides a detailed overview on CRS' emergency response and recovery strategy to the compounded humanitarian emergencies facing people in Afghanistan, including an economic crisis and the impacts of severe drought. CRS has been serving Afghan families since 2002, with offices in...More

Read a brief 2-page overview on program impact, recommendations and learnings from a three-year CRS project that helps to strengthen the capacity of 38 local or national organizations...More

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) a établi avec succés un partenariat avec les agencies gouvernementales nationales de santé dans plusieurs pays afin d’améliorer l’efficacité, la qualité et la couverture des interventions communautaires contre le paludisme qui soutiennent les strategies nationales...More

Au Benin, la majorité des ménages pauvres ont un accès limité aux soins de santé, ce qui a des conséquences...More

This Indicators Bank is designed to be used by CRS staff and partners tasked with design, proposal-writing, implementation and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) for programs seeking to strengthen social cohesion. It can be used both with standalone and integrated social...More

Across the world there are 1.8 billion young people aged 16–25, 85 percent of whom live in developing/emerging economies or fragile states. More

Violence against women is a phenomenon with multiple parts that interact to negatively impact women’s lives and the lives of their sons and daughters, their families and their communities.More

Lesson Learned

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Caritas Bangladesh (CB) implement the Margret A. Cargill Foundation (MAC) funded Disaster Risk Reduction project Make Us Knowledgeable and Trained in Emergencies (MUKTE II) on the remote Monpura Island in Bhola District, Bangladesh. More

Children are exposed to violence in various settings and circumstances. An estimated one billion children globally are exposed to physical, sexual or emotional violence. There is a direct link between all forms of violence in childhood and increased risks of acquiring HIV in later life....More

Governments, nongovernmental organizations, and international agencies have realized the need for a change in emphasis; a paradigm shift is taking place away from predominantly linear and reductionist models of change to ones that are more dynamic, reflective, and responsive. More

La «sécurité de l’eau» c’est quand l’eau est gérée de manière efficace et holistique pour le bien-être humain, le développement socioéconomique et la protection de l’environnement en insistant sur l’accès équitable à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement pour les personnes extrêmement pauvres,...More

There is not yet a widely shared definition for agriculture landscape restoration. This paper offers a set of definitions, approaches and...More

Current school fee payment processes in Zambia are cumbersome for guardians, creating a barrier for children’s enrollment in school. Payers can pay up to 12% of the school fee in transportation to make the transaction, and the payment process can take up to two days. Additionally, there are...More

This guide is designed to help organizations develop or further strengthen their policies to protect children. It is meant to help organizations increase their understanding of the issues involved in safeguarding children by providing them with best practices in creating safe, protective...More