Stories About Food Security
Afghanistan's Women Breadwinners Beat Hunger
In Afghanistan, impoverished women are escaping poverty and hunger through CRS-supported self-help groups. »»
Drought-Stricken East Africa Fears Floods Next
Severe drought has left millions of East Africans with little or no food, but coming El Niño rains may compound the crisis with flooding. »»
Hispanic Heritage Month: Raising Awareness
The Catholic Church and CRS have witnessed important advances in Latin America and continue to serve the needs of its poorest communities. »»
Kenya Drought Now Affects Almost 4 Million
With CRS support, Church partners are helping drought-affected Kenyans buy needed food and better manage water and soil resources. »»
Sisters Grow Needed Food With 'Container Garden'
At age 89, Zimbabwean Agnes Moyo works a "container garden" to grow extra food for her sister and great-granddaughter. »»
Fighting A Food Crisis
By educating farmers and distributing disease-resistant cassava plants, CRS is helping to prevent a food crisis in Africa's Great Lakes region. »»
Better Rice Eases Hunger Fears in Gambia
Amie Bayo, a rice farmer in The Gambia, saw her rice crop take off thanks to fertilizer from CRS. »»
Food Aid Warms Flood Victims' Winter
After floods wiped out crops in several Eastern European villages, CRS food helped villagers make it through the winter. »»
Continuing Food Crisis Plagues World's Poorest
Though food and fuel prices have fallen, the global food crisis is not yet over. We are now in an environment of price volatility and uncertainty. »»
Lettuce: The Green Gold of Niger
Market gardens in Niger have turned struggling millet farmers into self-reliant, organic vegetable producers. »»
Drought Brings Hunger to Kenya
Three seasons of failed rains are leaving thousands of Kenyans wondering where they will find their next meal. »»
The Year in Photos: A Look Back at 2008
It's been a year of great milestones in helping the world's poor. Our donors make our work possible, often from the wooden pews of their parishes. »»
Protecting Food During a Global Crisis
Kenyans safely store precious grains in simple metal silos, allowing them to increase the amount of food they have to eat and sell. »»
Zambia Project Faces Dual Crisis: HIV and Food Supply
Success with medicine carries a corresponding need to deliver higher levels of nutrition during a time of scarcity and soaring prices. »»
Kenyans Rebuild Lives After Election Violence
Community forums and innovative vouchers are helping Kenyans to rebuild social ties and peacefully return to farming. »»
Vouchers Give West African Farmers A Boost
Through a CRS initiative, Rasmata Sawadogo and 4,000 rice farmers in Burkina Faso can buy the fertilizer they need to feed their own people. »»
Burkina Faso Farmers Fend Off Food Crisis
A CRS program shows Burkina Faso rice farmers how they can expand yields with less effort. »»
Sticking With Rice in Sierra Leone
The simple techniques CRS teaches farmers—such as how much seed to "broadcast" on their fields—are producing startling results. »»
In Burkina Faso, Food Prices Eat Away at Life
As the food price crisis ripples across the globe, a day laborer shows just how hard it is for a West African family to make ends meet. »»
Saplings of Hope
Growing a small kitchen garden helped change Nirmala's life. She now earns a steady income and no longer worries about going hungry. »»
Irrigation Eases Ethiopia’s Crop Crisis
Emergency food distributions coupled with long-term agricultural projects are helping Ethiopians withstand a critical food shortage. »»
Food Aid Reaching Ethiopia's Needy
Moving food aid across the globe is anything but simple. See how CRS Ethiopia makes sure the food reaches needy families. »»
Out of Burning Hunger, A Passionate Voice for Africa
An orphan from Ghana, Thomas Awiapo knows hunger, but he also knows compassion. Every year he tells his story to Americans to teach—and to say thanks. »»
Hunger Deepens in Benin
A widow with newborn twins eats once a day. The babies aren't nursing. She has no money or home. Her only hope: the Missionaries of Charity. »»
CRS Commits $1 Million to Food Crisis Response
An initial $1 million commitment will help the poorest buy food and spur agricultural productivity. »»
The Global Food Crisis
Prices of many basic foods have skyrocketed in the last two years, leading to a major food crisis affecting millions of people throughout the world. »»
Help for the Hungry
Working with local Church partners, CRS is providing emergency assistance to children and families suffering from drought in Ethiopia. »»
Helping Haiti
Singing Creole gospels above a lively guitar, a parish in South Florida collects funds for Haitians suffering through the global food crisis. »»
Ken Hackett On the Global Food Crisis
Ken Hackett talks about the impact of the global food crisis on the poor and CRS' response. »»
No 'Staff of Life' to Lean On
Because it imports most of its food, the Middle East is especially vulnerable to changes in the food market. »»
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. »»
Understanding West Africa's Rising Food Prices
The complex and varied reasons for the rise in food prices in West Africa may surprise you. »»
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. »»
Facing A Food Crisis in Haiti
With food prices soaring and frustration mounting, Haitians take to the street in protest. CRS is calling for more resources and long-term solutions. »»
Lean Times in Lesotho
Recurrent drought, coupled with rising global food prices, is forcing many people in Lesotho to tighten their belts on ever-shrinking waistlines. »»
Emergency Food Delivery in Darfur
When new violence disrupts food distributions, CRS-organized food relief committees help issue emergency rations to Darfuri families. »»
2007 Year in Photos
Our year-end roundup salutes the work of our dedicated staff and beneficiaries, whose resiliency rises above the most challenging circumstances. »»
Family Farms Its Way Out of Food Aid
By making the most of assistance provided by the government and aid agencies, an Ethiopian family graduates itself from a food aid program. »»
The Betty Crocker of Buli Village
Child malnutrition is a serious problem in northern Ghana. One mother is sharing recipes and cooking techniques that could save children's lives. »»
A Story of Nothing Left
For Khalam and his fishing community on the Bay of Bengal, nothing is left after Cyclone Sidr. »»
Help Farmers Manage Water and Survive Droughts
Donate to help Ethiopian farmers grow more crops and increase their income. »»
In Mali, Top Students Get Vegetable Oil
It wasn't long ago that Aminata Yattara could only dream about going to school. Now, thanks to CRS, Aminata is able to make her dreams a reality. »»
Parish Social Ministries Director Visits Tanzania
Scott Cooper, director of parish social ministries for Catholic Charities in Spokane Washington recently traveled to Tanzania with CRS. »»
CRS AIDS Families Affected By Cyclones, Food Shortage
Madagascar has been hit by a series of deadly cyclonic storms leaving families to face famine-like conditions. Learn more on how CRS is helping. »»
Still Hungry in Niger
During the summer of 2005, drought and locust infestations resulted in severe food shortages for Niger. Learn what the situation is like 18 months later. »»
The Frontlines of Crisis in Sri Lanka
Over the past year, escalating violence in Sri Lanka has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and find refuge in the countryside. »»
Jubilation Marks 50 Years of Independence in Ghana
As CRS hands over control of its food aid programming, Ghana celebrates its 50th year of independence »»
Reflections On A Lifetime of Service
Over her career with CRS, Hannah Evans Lutterodt has seen many changes both within the agency, and within the country. »»
Ghana Celebrates 50th Year of Independence
Catholic Relief Services is handing over the reins of its food aid program to the government of Ghana with confidence. »»
From Food Assistance to Food Production
With support from CRS, Halefom Kiros has left hunger behind and built an agricultural business, providing for his wife and children. »»
Staying Home and Growing More in Guatemala
Small-scale farmers in Guatemala are seeing greater harvests and healthier families due to CRS programming. »»
Mariama's Story Continues
While Mariama was well enough to leave the CRS-supported feeding center in Dogondoutchi, Niger, after just nine days, her journey to good health continues. »»
Nothing Is Thrown Away
CRS staff member Patricia McCarthy visits the work of the Missionaries of Charity at Sidist Kilo, a home for the destitute and dying. »»
One of Millions
Hungry and orphaned, a young boy was lured into school by a hot lunch and dedicated teachers. »»
Using Market Forces to Improve Urban Food Security
CRS' Market Assistance Program works closely with farmers and millers to offer Zimbabwe's urban poor consistent access to another cereal — sorghum. »»
Apples Good Enough to Live On
With the end of the decade-long drought and a little help from apple growers in Washington State, many farmers are facing a brighter future. »»
Learning to Grow
CRS provides women in the West Bank with the skills they need in order to reliably produce enough food for their families. »»
Nine Days On the Road to Recovery
Just nine days after Deejay brought her 10-month-old daughter Mariama to the nutritional center, Mariama had gained enough weight to return home. »»
St. Boniface Hospital — the Miracle Workers
CRS supports St. Boniface’s efforts by providing food and medicine, but it is the people of St. Boniface who are the true miracle workers. »»
Food for Work/Food for Training
The Food for Work/Training project aims to maintain the dignity of needy Palestinian people by offering food in exchange for work and training. »»
A Mother's Prayer: Freedom From Hunger
Like mothers all around the world, Sabita just wants her children to be happy and healthy and to have every opportunity to achieve their dreams. »»
Father Peter Daniels
Father Peter Daniels first learned about CRS as a child waiting in line to get milk powder. Now he works with CRS to help the poor in Andhra Pradesh. »»
Meet CRS Program Manager Sanda Beljak
Over the years Sanda Beljak has worked her way up from her role as an administrative assistant to become a vital program manager for CRS Bosnia. »»
HIV and AIDS Project
In Haiti, CRS takes an integrated approach in all of our HIV and AIDS programming. »»
The General Food Distribution Project
CRS' General Food Distribution project provide seeds and farming supplies to vulnerable families in the Shangombo District. »»
