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February 3, 2015

Ebola Cases Decline, Threat Remains

Catholic Relief Services is continuing our response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by capitalizing on our long history in the region, and our broad community and Church networks. The Ebola outbreak that began last March has killed more than 8,800 people. While we have seen a turning point...More

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...More

October 28, 2014

Rwanda Animal Fair: Goats and Hopes

When Therese Umuhire looks at her new goat, she envisions, well, something else.

"I dream of when I will get a cow from that goat," she says, nodding at her goat as it grazes on a hillside in Nyamirambo village in southern Rwanda....More

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...More

October 16, 2013

Congo Crisis Response Meets iPad Tech

For decades, Katanga Province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has suffered humanitarian crises—from famine to war. A group of three territories, called the "triangle of death," has been hit especially hard since 2011, forcing thousands of families to flee. Catholic...More

May 26, 2010

Fighting Modern-Day Slavery in India

In central India, wild elephants come to isolated tribal villages in the early hours of the night. Tearing down the mud walls and thatched roofs, they eat the villagers' grain—and sometimes kill them.

Something else comes at night, too. Human traffickers—criminals who buy...More

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