water

Water Access Improves Lives, Farms, Incomes
CRS’ Kenya-RAPID project brings sustainable water systems to rural families.

Water Access Shifts Balance of Gender Power
Women and girls freed from long daily water hauls have time for education, business activities.

Getting Smarter About Water
Farmers can’t grow food without good soil and water—that’s why our work is increasingly focused on improving these basic elements.

Restoring Mountain Ecosystems in Lesotho
CRS helps communities bring their mountains back to life after decades of overgrazing and erosion.

The Push of Climate Change
In Bangladesh, people are being pushed to the limit by rising sea levels. In Chad, people are being pushed off the land by violence and then continually challenged by scarce resources. Climate change plays a role, and so does one's ability to push forward. This is their story.

10 Things in Your Home Linked to Climate Change
Here are 10 things in your home that have a climate change connection - some things cause global warming, others are impacted by it - and ways you can make a difference.

The Vanishing Water of Bolivia
There's a water crisis in Bolivia. From Lake Poopó to the Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia's water is disappearing at an alarming rate due to climate change. This is impacting thousands of Bolivians who are having to change the way they live to survive.

With Deep Thanksgiving Gratitude
“Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”
—Jesus
You’ve helped CRS provide lifesaving support to 85 million people. We did it together in Jesus’ name. These CRS projects depend on the gifts of generous people like you:...

World Water Resources
Water maintains an important symbolic role in Judeo-Christian scripture, theology, and sacrament, largely because our faith arose in a land where water was particularly scarce. For much of the world, that situation is their daily reality, with access and rights to life-giving water severely...