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November 20, 2014
Coming Soon in the Here and Now
Have you ever wanted something so much you felt like you couldn't wait any longer? Maybe as a child you begged and begged for a toy, but you had to wait for it until Christmas. Maybe you had to wait years—or are still waiting—for a baby to grace your family. Maybe it's the dream vacation that's...
December 7, 2014
Typhoon Hagupit Rains Menace Islands in the Philippines
Millions of Filipinos awoke Sunday to the news that the death toll and damage caused by Typhoon Hagupit, known locally as Ruby, was not as catastrophic as first expected. But the slow-moving system, which made landfall late Saturday on the island of Samar, is expected to bring more rain and...
May 21, 2012
East Timor: Planting for Children
Care of the smallest children in East Timor often falls to mothers. They wipe runny noses and labor over cooked-from-scratch meals, and meet the youngest children's needs while attending to demands from older siblings. Fathers also provide some of this direct care, but it's a rare enough...
June 14, 2014
Salvadoran Youth Find Alternatives to Violence, Gangs
They say you can never really leave the gang. But that's not always true. Although he almost died trying, Manuel* got out, and now he's trying to help others in his community do the same.
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December 9, 2014
Philippines: Typhoon-Resistant Shelters Work
When Typhoon Haiyan wiped out millions of homes last year, CRS decided against a cookie-cutter, single-design approach to building transitional shelter for those who lost their homes. Because of the many variables—urban and rural settings, varying levels of damage to homes, unclear land...
December 11, 2014
Ebola Outbreak: Call for Robust Response
Catholic Relief Services is continuing our ramped-up response to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa by capitalizing on our long history in the region, and our broad community and Church networks.
The Ebola outbreak, which began last March, has killed more than 6,000 people. The...
December 12, 2014
Microfinance: Life Savings Save Lives in South Sudan
Savings and lending groups not only help people save money, they can save lives. A modest loan helped James Malueth survive a surprise attack that reduced his home to rubble on December 16, 2013. James, like many of his fellow Jonglei State residents in South Sudan, was caught in the crossfire...
October 23, 2014
Typhoon Haiyan, One Year Later
Even the richest country in the world has trouble recovering from a major natural disaster, as Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy demonstrated. So it's no surprise that the same story is playing out in the Philippines after Super Typhoon Haiyan, which hit on November 8, 2013. It was the strongest...
October 28, 2014
Sustainable Rwanda: Coffee Growers Diversify
The mud-packed walls of the Mazimpaka's family room show the strong influence of young people: Hanging among the rosaries and pictures of St. Mary are posters of Miss Rwanda, the Rwandan singer Christopher, and the Rwandan boy band Dreamboyz. The room's only window shines a square of light on...
