Disturbing reports from cash-strapped Zimbabwe indicate that girls and women are resorting to using cow dung as sanitary pads as inflation “hits feminine hygiene products,” according to Africanews. It’s a report that Richard Savo, head of programmes for Catholic Relief Services in Zimbabwe, said hits home. “As someone with a young daughter and teenage family Read more
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Haiti earthquake: church provides emergency aid
Thursday, August 19th, 2021
The international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has approved an emergency aid package worth €500,000 (NZ$850,000) following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake which struck Haiti on 14 Aug. To date, more than 1300 people have died, and at least 5700 have been injured, according to information from the Haitian civil protection Read more
Pope donates $100,000 to Indonesia’s disaster relief
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Through the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Pope Francis has, in a first emergency phase, sent a contribution of $100,000 to disaster relief in Indonesia. The Vatican press reported that this sum is intended to be “an immediate expression of the feeling of spiritual closeness and fatherly encouragement from the Holy Father towards the Read more
Catholic Relief Services struggle to get help to tsunami survivors
Monday, October 1st, 2018
The Indonesia country manager for Catholic Relief Services says getting access to the two Sulawesi island cities most affected by Saturday’s earthquake and tsunami is proving very difficult. Yenni Suryani said with the airport damaged, getting access to Palu and Donggala is a huge problem. Responders and local aid groups have drive overland 10-12 hours. That means Read more
Bishop says confusion around CRS in Madagascar cleared up
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
An American bishop last week said local Church leaders in Madagascar have given their assurances that the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) adheres to Catholic teaching. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, said he and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York had spoken to Madagascar’s Archbishop Odon Razanakolona of Antananarivo and Archbishop Désiré Tsarahazana of Read more
The business of international aid
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
As president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, Carolyn Woo brings a strong sense of leadership and vision to the organization, which was founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops to provide international relief and development assistance. With a background in strategic planning and the experience of serving as dean of a major Catholic business school—the Read more
Catholic Relief Service resumes Darfur relief program
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Catholic Relief Services has been allowed to resume its work in Darfur among the 400,000 people relying on its emergency food and supplies. “As of Thursday we received the news that we would be allowed to resume operations,” Catholic Relief Services spokeswoman Sara Fajardo said. “We are working with the local government to ensure that Read more