CRS Publications: Wooden Bell
Welcome to our Wooden Bell publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Wooden Bell program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
- 2009
In this issue: Celebrating New Life – New technology helps fend off disaster in India – Sky is not the limit in Zimbabwe – Healthful crops thanks to laptops in Rwanda. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover clear evidence of how Catholic Relief Services’ helps improve the lives of poor families and strengthen communities through innovation. Discover how creative solutions are leading people from poverty to progress against overwhelming odds.
Language: English
- 2009
In this issue: Promoting good health and harvests – Sharing seeds of plenty in Afghanistan – Precious food from container gardens in Zimbabwe – Beating the odds against HIV in Uganda. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover clear evidence of how Catholic Relief Services’ lifesaving and sustaining work is making a real, positive difference in the well-being of God’s most vulnerable children overseas.
Language: English
- 2009
In this issue: Opening minds with class – Making a difference with a circle of friends in Vietnam – Celebrating the first day of school in Pakistan – Educating Niger’s nomad children. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover how Catholic Relief Services supports education programs in more than 60 countries worldwide in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Easter Europe. Every day, more than one million children overseas attend a school supported by CRS, which promotes access to quality, basic education for all.
Language: English
- 2009
In this issue: Breaking the bonds of overwhelming poverty – Harvesting a cash crop in Tanzania – Saplings of hope grow in India – Starting a new life in Egypt. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover that more than 3 billion of our brothers and sisters in the world suffer from extreme poverty. Poverty is a fertile breeding ground for hunger, disease, illiteracy, injustice, conflict, crime and despair. You’ll also find out how Catholic Relief Services’ microfinance programs use small, village-level, group-based credit and encourage savings to help create economic opportunities for people living in some of the world’s most impoverished areas.
Language: English
Michael Gesker - 2009
In this issue: Responding to a world water crisis – Turning the tide in Egypt – Nicaragua taps into water management – Drill, baby, drill in Madagascar. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll discover that 2.5 billion people, including 1 billion children, live without basic sanitation. Nearly one out of six people—almost 900 million—don’t have access to enough safe, fresh water to meet their basic needs. Catholic Relief Services is devoted to serving the most vulnerable people overseas by helping them develop, manage and protect sources of clean water. Thanks to CRS and our network of partners, distant dirty ponds do not have to be the source of a family’s water supply. Instead, wells, terraces and sanitation facilities are causing a steady stream of miracles around the world.
Language: English
Michael Gesker - 2009
In this issue: Providing the means for new beginnings – Nights without hunger in Sierra Leone – The Littlest Refugees in Lebanon – The Power of a Small Loan in Ethiopia. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll find out how simple things like a sewing machine, a bicycle repair kit, small loan, and a school voucher can be vital building blocks of a brighter future for millions of vulnerable people who suffer immensely from overwhelming poverty. Catholic Relief Services is devoted to helping people overcome daunting physical and financial hardships so they can have another chance for a better tomorrow.
Language: English
- 2008
In this issue: Breaking the bonds of poverty through education – Haiti’s top-notch mechanic in the making – Back to school for Iraqi refugees – ‘The Gaza I live’ – In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll see how Catholic Relief Services is devoted to find a place in the classroom so they may find a place in the world beyond the limits of stifling poverty. Catholic Relief Services and our partners promote and support access to quality education for all.
Language: English
Welcome to our Good Steward publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Good Steward program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
Give, but Give Wisely
- 2008
There’s more to giving than simply being generous. If we want our gifts to do the most good, shouldn’t we also consider what we give, to whom we give, and how we give? This issue looks at giving from these perspectives and reminds us that the best gifts are those that are made thoughtfully and wisely.
Language: English
Welcome to our Wooden Bell publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Wooden Bell program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
- 2008
In this issue: Assisting those in flight for their lives – Building the road home in Sudan * From Moravia to Montana and beyond – Working hands do wonders in Moldova – In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll see how Catholic Relief Services has been committed to helping those trying to escape raging war, extreme poverty, famine, disease, natural disasters violent intruders and ruthless persecution overseas. We began in 1943, as War Relief Services when we assisted, protected, sheltered and fed tens of thousands of devastated wanderers. Today we continue to offer people a haven where they have a chance to live, learn, work and prosper with dignity.
Language: English
Welcome to our Good Steward publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Good Steward program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
15 Planned Giving Ideas You Can Use
- 2008
Today many people find ways to stretch their dollar. But did you know that there are ways to stretch your charitable giving dollar as well? Depending on your circumstances, some ways of giving can be far more beneficial than others. See if any of these 15 planned giving ideas might help you.
Language: English
Welcome to our Wooden Bell publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Wooden Bell program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
- 2008
In this issue: Improving the health of women and children – Special deliveries in Honduras – Preventing HIV, one child at a time – Flight from Iraq: a mother’s story. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you can see how CRS has been on a mission for 65 years to help women and children live and grow in healthy, nurturing communities. Our staff and partners work through a variety of projects that reduce the risks during childbirth, keep babies safe, improve access to health care, loosen the shackles of poverty and give women a voice in their communities and their futures.
Language: English
- 2008
In this issue: CRS commemorates 65 years of service to the poorest of the poor overseas – CRS then and now – U.S. Catholics embrace our neighbors around the world – Generosity from the Greatest Generation. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll be able to reminisce with us through 65 years of saving lives, helping the poor, promoting human dignity—and giving hope. CRS President Ken Hackett assures us, “I think, people who support us, people who know us, can be proud of what we do, and we want to get this message across: Be proud of this organization!
Language: English
- 2007
In this issue:
Helping Africa prepare for future emergencies
• Reducing vulnerability in Ethiopia
• Lifesaving medicine in Uganda
• Fighting hunger in Malawi
Africa is a continent of overwhelming beauty. It still endures the ravages of drought, disease, floods, hunger, violence and unimaginable poverty. In this issue of The Wooden Bell, you’ll see how CRS remains committed to helping Africa become better prepared to withstand the shocks of famine, disease, drought and conflict. Journey to Africa through these pages of The Wooden Bell to witness the hope, the healing and the lifesaving work of CRS.
Language: English
- 2007
In this issue:
Shining the Light on Education
• New hope for girls in Sudan
• Empowering young women in Guatemala
• A song of triumph in India
Education inspires a lifetime of learning. Through learning, people gain the essentials for survival and opportunity. This issue of The Wooden Bell explains how Catholic Relief Services’ education programs train teachers, improve school infrastructures, include children with disabilities, provide take-home rations for students and encourage parents to become more involved in their children’s education.
Language: English
- 2007
In this issue:
Preventable Diseases: Giving the gift of health.
• Protecting families from malaria
• Combating the “kissing bug”
• Following in the footsteps of Father Damien
Disease and poor health are very often consequences of poverty. A lack of nutritious food weakens the body and immune system. Diseases that are nonexistent or easily treated in the United States can be devastating in the developing world. This issue of The Wooden Bell focuses on some of the diseases that continue to cause needless death and suffering from HIV and AIDS to malaria and leprosy. Community health is a primary focus of Catholic Relief Services. CRS supports a wide range of partners to help them provide health care services through hospitals, local clinics, even parishes.
Language: English
- 2007
In this issue:
Finding Common Ground.
• The vital role of young people in Gaza
• Mutual understanding and respect are key to peace
• A girl’s dream comes true in the West Bank
Few places on earth have been so hotly contested for so long. The history of the Holy Land is an epic saga of the ultimate turf war. But amid the din of rockets and fiery rhetoric Catholic Relief Services is committed to finding common ground. Peace and stability cannot be achieved without tolerant youth who believe in peace. CRS and our partners in the Holy Land work through a variety of youth programs that are working to turn hate into hope and war into peace.
Language: English
- 2006
In this issue:
How our colleagues help us serve the poor overseas.
• CRS honored for lifesaving work in Pakistan
• Partners empower people of Sudan
• Crafters learn tricks of trade in Madagascar
Our partners are among the main reasons why Catholic Relief Services can respond so quickly, effectively and efficiently to humanitarian crises around the world. Partnerships are an integral part of our international strategy and a rich part of our history of serving the poor overseas. All of CRS’ partnerships empower communities by giving them the responsibility for making decisions and carrying them out. Working with our partners, we save lives.
Language: English
- 2006
In this issue:
CRS embraces the world’s orphans and vulnerable children
• New hope and joy for teachers and pupils
• Answering the cries of hungry infants
• A champion of justice in Uganda
Catholic Relief Services is committed to saving precious, young lives every day. One way we are accomplishing that is through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). CRS works to increase a community’s capacity to respond to the needs of those left vulnerable by AIDS. We also work through our partners to provide children with nutritious meals, education and vocational training.
Language: English
- 2006
In this issue: Harvesting brighter futures through agriculture
• Playing fair with farm prices in Nicaragua
• Seed fairs save lives in Sudan
• Improving agricultural practices while doing no harm
Catholic Relief Services is devoted to helping the poorest farm families and easing the oppressive bonds of poverty in 99 countries overseas. CRS and its partners use agriculture projects to work with the poorest farm families and communities, as well as with laborers, the landless, communities suffering from HIV and AIDS and victims of natural and man-made disasters around the world.
Language: English
- 2006
In this issue:
Keeping the vulnerable safe from human trafficking
• Actress Christine Baranski speaks out on trafficking in India
• Escaping from a slave-labor camp
• Broken promises, shattered lives
Catholic Relief Services has been working with our partners across the globe to address the atrocity of human trafficking. CRS is fighting the scourge by addressing the root causes of poverty that place the vulnerable in harm’s way. CRS understands it’s going to take a very sustained and widespread effort to stem the tide of this rapidly growing and lucrative crime.
Language: English
- 2006
In this issue:
Saving Lives Through Long-Term Development Work
• Fighting severe hunger in Africa’s Sahel Region
• Preparing for emergencies in India
• Getting down to business in Burkina Faso
Catholic Relief Services’ development work takes a long-term approach to reducing the very causes of poverty and injustice. Development is essential work that creates opportunities. It helps individuals, families and communities obtain the knowledge and resources they need to overcome poverty and injustice.
Language: English
- 2005
In this issue:
Sharing the Gift of Peace
• The lessons of Rwanda
• A bridge of peace in Kosovo
• Danger and distress in Sudan
After the tragedy of Rwanda in 1994, CRS resolved to not just address the symptoms of crisis — burned-out houses, food shortages and refugee movements — but also to attack the systems and structures that underlie oppression and poverty in so much of the developing world. We also try to identify opportunities for building just and peaceful relationships among groups in the places we serve.
Language: English
- 2005
In this issue: Witness the power of your support – Working toward a better future – The prayers of children reach across the world. More than six months after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the unprecedented show of generosity from donors across the United States is making a big difference in the lives of thousands of people in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Recovery from an emergency of this magnitude will take years but CRS is committed to providing survivors with the tools they need to rebuild their own lives and become self-sufficient again.
Language: English
Welcome to our Extractive Industries publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Extractive Industries program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
Ian Gary, Nikki Reisch - 2005
The controversial Chad-Cameroon Oil Development and Pipeline Project was widely seen as a test case for how a country could overcome the “resource curse” by consciously using oil production revenues to reduce poverty. The $4.2 billion project, with its 665-mile pipeline was led by Exxon-Mobile with financing from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Calls from CRS and other international organizations working together with the Catholic Church, local organizations, and affected communities in Chad and Cameroon led to some changes in the project, including improvements in environmental and social impact measures and a requirement that the government of Chad dedicate the majority of the oil revenues it received to health, education and other poverty reduction programs.
Language: English French
Welcome to our Wooden Bell publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Wooden Bell program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
- 2005
In this issue:
Food for Peace — Food for Life
• Preventing future food crises
• The price of funding cuts
• Success stories from around the globe
Hunger is a ruthless tyrant. It dictates that millions of people around the world are slaves to the simple chore of finding food. Development programs can prevent starvation and food emergencies by planning for the future. More than 1.5 million farmers overseas receive support through CRS to produce the food they need to help their families survive.
Language: English
- 2005
In this issue:
Helping Women and Girls
• Women in the face of AIDS
• The coming crisis in India
• CRS receives landmark AIDS grants
Pope John Paul II proclaimed, “The battle against AIDS ought to be everyone’s battle” and we must “use every means available in order to put an end to this scourge.” On World AIDS Day 2004, CRS focused on the struggle of women and girls. The UN estimates that up to 90 percent of basic care for AIDS in the developing world is provided in the home by women and girls. But throughout the year, all of humanity is challenged to remember those who suffer and die from HIV/AIDS and how we are called upon to help them survive.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
• Updates on Asia and Latin America
• The horrors of child labor
• CRS food programs in Somalia
Through many partners and projects overseas CRS works to improve the plight of vulnerable children. CRS helps them by providing food, education and safe havens from armed conflicts and exploitation.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
CRS President Ken Hackett’s Firsthand Account from Darfur, Sudan
• Eyewitness report from ravaged Sudan
• U.S. farmers fighting world hunger
• Updates on South Asia flooding
Catholic Relief Services is committed to emergency response and peacebuilding in war-torn Darfur, Sudan. There are 1.2 million people in need of emergency relief in Darfur, which is plagued by violence and grave violations of human rights. In this issue, we feature accounts from recently returned CRS employees, including President Ken Hackett, on the dire state of Sudan today. Also find updates on hunger and flooding in South Asia.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
Turning Dust into Crops in Ethiopia
• A plea to help flood victims
• A survivor’s story from Cambodia
• Global Updates on Kosovo and Madagascar
Ethiopia has a diverse range of cultures and ethnic groups with a recorded history dating back to Biblical times. The economy depends on agriculture, and faces severe problems during periods of erratic rainfall or drought. CRS has worked in Ethiopia since 1958, moving from school feeding and mother/child nutrition programs to responding to natural and man-made disasters.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
Helping Haiti Recover
• CRS appoints new board members
• Two new grants awarded for battle with AIDS
• CRS launches Global Village program
For many of us, the Rwandan genocide remains as vivid today as if it were yesterday. The images are etched in our conscience of a horror that the world recognized 100 days too late. CRS stands with Rwandans as they face their grief and loss, and as they muster the strength it takes to survive day to day. We will not forget. Let us vow today that we will never let it happen again.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
An Inside Look at Afghanistan
• HIV/AIDS through the eyes of orphans
• CRS helps Haiti
• Progress takes a foothold in Iraq
Since CRS’ beginnings in 1943, we have responded to flood victims with emergency relief geared to saving lives in the immediate aftermath of floods. In addition, we have helped people rebuild their homes, livelihoods and communities in the wake of near-total destruction. CRS works with community groups to train people in early warning, rescue and disaster-preparedness in general. Some of the world’s most impoverished people have shown they can rise to the greatest of challenges when given a relatively small amount of support and training.
Language: English
- 2004
In this issue:
Hurricane Mitch: Five Years Later
• Educating disabled children in Vietnam
• Fear and charity in Sierra Leone
• CRS Project Catalog: Sharing the world’s needs
Wherever there are communities of poor families who have been hit by a natural or man-made disaster — there you’ll discover people who have lost everything: their meager possessions and their modest homes, as well as members of their families who died in the devastation. CRS has met the challenges of each of these human crises by supplying emergency assistance — temporary shelter, food, clothing, medical supplies and drinking water — to refugee centers and camps.
Language: English
- 2003
In this issue: Answering Pope’s Call for Solidarity
• Actress Catherine Hicks and CRS
• Global Update: 2003 year in review
• Mother Teresa: 50 years of gratitude
Today more than 40 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS — a virus some estimate may claim more than one quarter of the entire adult population of sub-Saharan Africa over the next two decades.
Language: English
- 2003
In this issue:
A CRS Christmas in Egypt
• Building homes for the landless
• Global Update: Afghanistan and Morocco
• Ethiopians helping Ethiopia through CRS
Staff from CRS regional offices and other partnering agencies play the role of banker, teaching savings and loan management to groups of 15 to 20 poor women in remote areas of India. To make it all work, the women form “self-help” groups to support and encourage one another as they experience hardships, risks, and opportunities.
Language: English
- 2003
In this issue:
• CRS president visits Eritrea
• Africa’s oil boom a mixed blessing
• CRS celebrates 40 years in Guatemala
It is a place of such beauty — and such suffering. The Horn of Africa boasts natural splendor and millennia of cultural achievement. But while gifted with land and traditions, the proud people of this region have suffered many crises. Today, especially in the nations of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the people are once again threatened by impending famine.
Language: English
- 2003
In this issue:
CRS Programs Reduce Child Mortality Rates
• Global Update: Guatemala and Madagascar
• How CRS works with partner organizations
• Celebrating 60 years of service — A timeline of CRS activities in Asia
In less developed countries, especially in their more remote regions, millions of children under the age of five die every year from preventable diseases and common illnesses. Each and every day, 28,000 infants die because of inadequate health care. For the past 25 years, CRS has been operating community health programs in 26 countries. We have been working with similar organizations as part of a global effort. As a result of this critical work, it is estimated that approximately 4 million infant and child deaths are prevented annually.
Language: English
Welcome to our Extractive Industries publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Extractive Industries program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
Ian Gary , Terry Lynn Karl - 2003
This landmark publication helped draw international attention to the effects that petroleum extraction can have on the world’s poor – when it is not well managed. This book addresses two fundamental questions. How can Africa’s oil boom contribute to alleviating poverty? What policy changes should be implemented to promote the management and allocation of oil revenues in a way that will benefit ordinary Africans? Now, as we are facing sky-rocketing oil prices, while at the same time we are seeing increasing instability in some oil-rich nations and increasing levels of poverty in others, these questions have significant consequence for millions of people in both poor and rich countries all over the world.
Language: English French Portuguese
Ian Gary , Terry Lynn Karl - 2003
This landmark publication helped draw international attention to the effects that petroleum extraction can have on the world’s poor – when it is not well managed. This book addresses two fundamental questions. How can Africa’s oil boom contribute to alleviating poverty? What policy changes should be implemented to promote the management and allocation of oil revenues in a way that will benefit ordinary Africans? Now, as we are facing sky-rocketing oil prices, while at the same time we are seeing increasing instability in some oil-rich nations and increasing levels of poverty in others, these questions have significant consequence for millions of people in both poor and rich countries all over the world.
Language: English
Welcome to our Disaster Response publications page, where you'll find
several CRS Disaster Response program resources. Additional publications, which
relate to other technical areas of service, can be found by
clicking on the appropriate sidebar link.
CRS Emergency Response Team - 2002
This handbook aims to assist CRS country programs to improve accountability to disaster-affected populations and to assist donors through the design and implementation of high quality emergency preparedness and response programs.
Language: English
