Yasinta Amsi, Saramay Hill catchment committee secretary stands in a ridge that her community constructed to prevent soil erosion in Karatu, Tanzania.

CRS Cares for Creation

Catholic Relief Services is playing an important role in reducing the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable communities throughout the world. Together with our partners, CRS works with communities whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change. Catch a glimpse of care for creation in action.

Yasinta Amsi of Tanzania stands on a ridge constructed to prevent soil erosion in her community. The CRS-funded project protects the hill from future erosion and redirects rainfall into underground aquifers. Photo by Sara A. Fajardo/CRS

Rising temperatures in Nicaragua mean farmers' coffee crops have been plagued by coffee leaf rust. CRS is showing them how to plant alternative crops for food and income. Photo by Oscar Leiva/Silverlight for CRS

A CRS-led study found that higher temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns could threaten the livelihoods of 1 million maize and bean farmers. See the study Tortillas on the Roaster. Photo by Oscar Leiva/Silverlight for CRS

Nancy Bargayo and her family lost everything to Typhoon Haiyan. Today, a CRS-supported program is helping them earn a living growing crops and rearing pigs. Photo courtesy of Lukasz Cholewiak/Caritas

CRS' Watersheds for Well-Being program in Haiti shows farmers how to protect their hillsides and water sources from flooding through tree planting, soil conservation walls and other sustainable agriculture practices. Photo by Benjamin Depp for CRS

CRS, Keurig Green Mountain Inc., and the Global Water Initiative are working with coffee farmers in Central America to treat wastewater produced from coffee washing. Photo by Oscar Leiva/Silverlight for CRS

Aboul Deng Ajuoi uses techniques he learned in a CRS program to prevent the Nile River from flooding his village. Photo by Ric Francis for CRS

The CRS-led Great Lakes Cassava initiative worked with 1.35 million farmers in East and Central Africa to combat Cassava Mosaic and Brown Streak diseases. Photo by Carl D. Walsh for CRS

This CRS market garden in Niger combats desertification and uses simple irrigation techniques during the dry season. Photo by Tajiro Gouro/CRS

Rahima Begum holds up a sketch of her future dream home. CRS has partnered with Caritas Bangladesh to make homes more resilient to disaster and provide comprehensive training on evacuation procedures during extreme weather. Photo by Jennifer Hardy/CRS

In Ethiopia, a girl gathers grass to sell for roofing and livestock feed in an area community members helped protect from deforestation and land degradation. Photo by Sara A. Fajardo/CRS

The CRS-supported Adieaero Watershed Development program builds irrigation canals so farmers can grow vegetables that sell well at market. Photo by Debbie DeVoe/CRS

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Catholic Relief Services eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.

We are the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and a member of Caritas Internationalis.

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