February 15, 2024
Research›Papers/Reports
CRS Global Food Crisis Response Strategy
Millions of people around the world are experiencing life-threatening levels of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in a global crisis that has reached unprecedented levels...More
July 26, 2023
Tools for Field Staff›Tool Kits
Rapid Seed System Security Assessment (RSSSA) Tools
In response to demand for a more rapid and less resource-intensive seed system assessment than the standard Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA), the CRS-led S34D project along...More
May 21, 2019
Research›Papers/Reports
Northeast Nigeria Strategy
This updated CRS emergency strategy for relief and recovery in northeast Nigeria highlights the latest context and needs from one of the most severe crises in the world today. CRS...More
February 27, 2018
Tools for Field Staff›Fact Sheet
Emergency Updates
Global emergencies updates: February 2018 November 2017 September 2017 May/June 2017 Spring 2017 April 2016 Emergency response factsheets: June/July 2017 (Hunger Emergency in East...More
December 7, 2017
Research›Case Studies
Ukraine Crisis Response
In late 2014, instability spread to Eastern Ukraine when the Russian Federation annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and armed separatists took control of the Donbas region. The...More
December 6, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Fact Sheet
CRS fights food insecurity in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
In 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated southern Haiti, wiping out food supplies and livelihoods for an already vulnerable population. With funding from USAID, CRS responded with a...More
September 28, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Manuals
Nutrition Reference Guide: CORE Group's Nutrition Working Group
This reference guide includes nutrition-specific tools and approaches, information on how and when to use them, and special considerations for their use. The guide, which was...More
July 13, 2017
Research›Case Studies
Cash or In-Kind? Why Not Both? Response analysis lessons from multimodal programming
This publication reviews lessons learned from emergency responses wherein more than one modality (cash, vouchers, or in-kind) was a “best fit” – or where the type of response...More
May 19, 2012
Tools for Field Staff›Manuals
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in Emergencies
This resource pack offers practical advice about how to implement a system for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) in emergencies. It provides standards for...More
