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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.

Where We Serve in Africa

Select from the list below to learn more about CRS' work in each of these countries:

Stories From Africa

Money From Stone: Congo's Troubled Tin Mines

Tin ore, called cassiterite, brings high profits. But diggers and haulers are exploited, cheated, robbed and worse.Read More »»

Changing the Future: Before Sudan Cries Again

CRS and the Church are convinced that today, southern Sudan presents a rare opportunity to relieve staggering human suffering before it happens.Read More »»

'Peacebuilding' 101: No Fear

Unfamiliar in the U.S., peacebuilding is tangible and critical in southern Sudan where war has shattered traditional ways of resolving conflict.Read More »»

Your Church in Southern Sudan

It touches every aspect of Catholic spiritual and material life, but would you recognize your Church in southern Sudan?Read More »»

Congo Challenge: Food or School

Jolie has already had to leave school 4 times. She can't afford school fees. But with some prodding from CRS and other groups, that may change.Read More »»

Sudanese Bishops Call for Peaceful Vote

As Southern Sudan awaits a vote on unity or secession, 3 Sudanese bishops tour the U.S. seeking prayer and support for a nation at a crossroads.Read More »»

Reaching Out to Northern Sudan

CRS helps a half million people in Darfur and Khartoum to improve their lives in spite of difficult circumstances.Read More »»

Niger: Hunger Pains A Nation

Across Niger, people are desperately hungry, and livestock are dying. CRS is delivering food and putting people to work.Read More »»

Hunger in Niger: Food for A Famished Nation

Across Niger people are hungry and livestock are dying. CRS is delivering food and putting people to work so they can feed their families.Read More »»

Money From Stone: Congo's Troubled Tin Mines

Tin ore, called cassiterite, brings high profits. But diggers and haulers are exploited, cheated, robbed and worse.Read More »»

Changing the Future: Before Sudan Cries Again

CRS and the Church are convinced that today, southern Sudan presents a rare opportunity to relieve staggering human suffering before it happens.Read More »»

'Peacebuilding' 101: No Fear

Unfamiliar in the U.S., peacebuilding is tangible and critical in southern Sudan where war has shattered traditional ways of resolving conflict.Read More »»

Your Church in Southern Sudan

It touches every aspect of Catholic spiritual and material life, but would you recognize your Church in southern Sudan?Read More »»

Congo Challenge: Food or School

Jolie has already had to leave school 4 times. She can't afford school fees. But with some prodding from CRS and other groups, that may change.Read More »»

Sudanese Bishops Call for Peaceful Vote

As Southern Sudan awaits a vote on unity or secession, 3 Sudanese bishops tour the U.S. seeking prayer and support for a nation at a crossroads.Read More »»

Reaching Out to Northern Sudan

CRS helps a half million people in Darfur and Khartoum to improve their lives in spite of difficult circumstances.Read More »»

Niger: Hunger Pains A Nation

Across Niger, people are desperately hungry, and livestock are dying. CRS is delivering food and putting people to work.Read More »»

Hunger in Niger: Food for A Famished Nation

Across Niger people are hungry and livestock are dying. CRS is delivering food and putting people to work so they can feed their families.Read More »»