Where We Serve

Africa

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Catholic Relief Services works in over 30 countries throughout Africa and strives to enhance human dignity, empower the people that it helps and strengthen and support partner organizations. CRS achieves this by working in the areas of food security, peace building, HIV and AIDS, civil society building, Emergency Response and health among others.

Stories From Africa

Photo Tour: Caring for Lesotho's Orphans

See what life is like for orphans living in the mountains of Lesotho and learn more about the range of services that CRS helps to provide.Read More »»

Doctor Speaks Out On Atrocities of Rape

At a CRS-supported hospital in eastern Congo, a doctor comes face-to-face with the horrors of rape. He clamors for international awareness.Read More »»

Waging Peace in Southern Sudan

Government officials, parliament members and community peace officers learn valuable skills to break the cycle of violence across southern Sudan.Read More »»

CRS Food Experts Warn of Impending 'Cascade of Hunger'

A worldwide food crisis prompts leaders to seek solutions in the hopes of averting famine, discontent and violence.Read More »»

Understanding West Africa's Rising Food Prices

The complex and varied reasons for the rise in food prices in West Africa may surprise you.Read More »»

Poor Farm Families to the Rescue

Poor farm families can become part of the solution to the global crisis of rising food prices, increasing supply while increasing their own incomes.Read More »»

Finding Purpose in Malawi

A retired couple from California spends 18 months as CRS volunteers in Malawi, starting an orphan outreach center from the ground up.Read More »»

Adopting A Girl, Breaking A Stigma

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, a family takes in an HIV-positive little girl and shows how love can trump a virus.Read More »»

More Cash, Less Garbage

Marguerite Nyandwi spent precious years digging through garbage for items to sell. A CRS-supported savings program was her path to a better life.Read More »»

Photo Tour: Caring for Lesotho's Orphans

See what life is like for orphans living in the mountains of Lesotho and learn more about the range of services that CRS helps to provide.Read More »»

Doctor Speaks Out On Atrocities of Rape

At a CRS-supported hospital in eastern Congo, a doctor comes face-to-face with the horrors of rape. He clamors for international awareness.Read More »»

Waging Peace in Southern Sudan

Government officials, parliament members and community peace officers learn valuable skills to break the cycle of violence across southern Sudan.Read More »»

CRS Food Experts Warn of Impending 'Cascade of Hunger'

A worldwide food crisis prompts leaders to seek solutions in the hopes of averting famine, discontent and violence.Read More »»

Understanding West Africa's Rising Food Prices

The complex and varied reasons for the rise in food prices in West Africa may surprise you.Read More »»

Poor Farm Families to the Rescue

Poor farm families can become part of the solution to the global crisis of rising food prices, increasing supply while increasing their own incomes.Read More »»

Finding Purpose in Malawi

A retired couple from California spends 18 months as CRS volunteers in Malawi, starting an orphan outreach center from the ground up.Read More »»

Adopting A Girl, Breaking A Stigma

In Democratic Republic of the Congo, a family takes in an HIV-positive little girl and shows how love can trump a virus.Read More »»

More Cash, Less Garbage

Marguerite Nyandwi spent precious years digging through garbage for items to sell. A CRS-supported savings program was her path to a better life.Read More »»