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Tuition for Refugees in Egypt
CRS provides grants to help refugees earn college degrees.More
Syria Crisis: Assistance for Refugees
Donate to Syrian refugees. Catholic Relief Services and our Caritas partners in the region are reaching out to Syrian refugees and providing hope and assistance with education, counseling and care for children, housing, and livelihood support.More
Providing Lifesaving Support for Syrian Refugees
Syria is at the center of the world's most devastating humanitarian emergency. Once a vibrant hub of Middle Eastern culture and history, Syria has been besieged by internal conflict that has uprooted millions of innocent families. Of those, 4.1 million Syrians have fled across the border into...More
Pray for Syria with Pope Francis
Join Pope Francis to pray for peace in Syria on October 31. More
Translators Help Refugees Navigate Strange Lands
As the chief translator for Catholic Relief Services in Serbia, Kemal El Shairy, 28, is on the frontlines of our humanitarian response to the European refugee crisis.
A Ph.D. student in international relations at the University of Belgrade, El Shairy’s days are now spent trying to help...More
Syrian Refugees: Starting Up and Starting Over
A CRS project helps refugees in Egypt start small businesses and resume their lives.More
Syrian Refugees Test Debit Card Aid
For many Americans, debit cards have almost replaced money for everyday purchases.
Now they might do that for thousands of Syrian refugees and Jordanians impacted by the refugee influx.
Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Jordan are providing about 1,800 people with rental...More
