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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

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.Read More »»

Irrigation Eases Ethiopia’s Crop Crisis

Emergency food distributions coupled with long-term agricultural projects are helping Ethiopians withstand a critical food shortage.Read More »»

AIDS Orphans Hail Programs That Work

AIDS breaks up families and leaves children with no support. A closer look at three lives changed by CRS and local partners.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

Journeying to the Frontiers of Justice

Teachers from Catholic high schools use the summer break to explore education and social justice in West Africa.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

In Darfur, A Way to Grow Their Own

Through innovative fairs, thousands of farmers in Darfur receive vouchers for seeds and tools to help them grow critical food during uncertain times.Read More »»

Help for the Hungry

Working with local Church partners, CRS is providing emergency assistance to children and families suffering from drought in Ethiopia.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

Irrigation Eases Ethiopia’s Crop Crisis

Emergency food distributions coupled with long-term agricultural projects are helping Ethiopians withstand a critical food shortage.Read More »»

AIDS Orphans Hail Programs That Work

AIDS breaks up families and leaves children with no support. A closer look at three lives changed by CRS and local partners.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

Journeying to the Frontiers of Justice

Teachers from Catholic high schools use the summer break to explore education and social justice in West Africa.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

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.Read More »»

In Darfur, A Way to Grow Their Own

Through innovative fairs, thousands of farmers in Darfur receive vouchers for seeds and tools to help them grow critical food during uncertain times.Read More »»

Help for the Hungry

Working with local Church partners, CRS is providing emergency assistance to children and families suffering from drought in Ethiopia.Read More »»