Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Relief Services (CRS}’

Catholic Relief Services mobilises supplies after hurricane ‘rips through’ Caribbean

Monday, July 15th, 2024

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said this week it is mobilising humanitarian supplies after the extremely powerful Hurricane Beryl blew through the Caribbean, killing numerous people and destroying or damaging thousands of buildings. Beryl struck in late June and was the earliest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean. Its wind speeds peaked at Read more

Post-quake Haiti in mourning: funerals, aftershocks, chaos and loss

Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
Reuters

Two weeks after the deadly earthquake in Haiti finds the country in mourning. Funerals, aftershocks and a daily search for clean water, food and shelter are ongoing in the south western Les Cayes region. Beth Carroll, who is Haiti’s head of programs for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) says there are funerals everywhere you go. It Read more