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The 15 Women Farmers You Need to Meet
Catholic Relief Services works with women farmers around the world. Even against everything—climate change, scarce resources and difficult financial circumstances—these women prove just how powerful they are.More
Investing & Growing in Ethiopia: How Savings Groups Help Families During Drought
Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) help thousands of women and their families in Ethiopia improve their economic situation by starting small businesses, buying livestock or even sending their children to school.More
New Crop: Planting Resilience in Timor Leste
Better farming techniques and carefully selected seed lead to improved nutrition and financial security.More
St. Josephine Bakhita: Her Light Still Shines Brightly
As she lay dying in 1947, St. Josephine Bakhita cried out, “Loosen the chains…they are so heavy.” The former slave’s words remain hauntingly relevant in a world where 21 million men, women and children suffer as modern-day slaves. But Bakhita’s story is more than one of suffering. As we fight to...More
Love and the Bible: Connecting with Each Other
There are many forms of love. While romantic love is what many think of during Valentine's Day, we should also remember God's agape or self-sacrificing and unconditional love for each of us. There's also brotherly love that we share with one another.More
Expanding Community Participation in Ethiopia
When a drought hits a community, it impacts everyone. But often, not everyone feels represented or included in the response to the challenge. This can be for many reasons, including a person’s gender or a disability.More
Transforming Lives in Ethiopia with Gardens and Savings
Ethiopia is in the midst of its worst drought in 50 years, putting more than 10 million people at risk for starvation. Prolonged drought, erratic rainfall and land degradation are posing challenges that have pushed people to the edge.More
Meet New CRS President and CEO Sean L. Callahan
Sean L. Callahan has served with Catholic Relief Services for 28 years, and we are excited for him to now lead as president and CEO. Please watch Sean’s video greeting message that shares his journey and heart for the mission and vision of CRS.
The Push and Pull of Climate Change
In both Chad and Bangladesh, people are being pushed by climate change and other factors to migrate in search of opportunity. In Peru, people are also on the move, this time answering the call of the South American gold rush. They are being pulled into climate change. Choose a story to explore...More
The Pull of Peru’s Gold Rush
Years of illegal gold mining have taken their toll on parts of the Peruvian rainforest. People have left their homes and families, pulled to this part of the world by the promise of a golden opportunity. But that opportunity may be vastly different from what they imagined.More