Catholic Relief Services - Africa Rising, Hope and Healing

Kenya Declares National Disaster
Catholic Relief Services
For the past three years, weak rains have fallen in Kenya, leaving inadequate crops in much of the country. The situation deteriorated this year, when autumn rains failed to make up for stunted summer harvests. More than 3.5 million people are now struggling to find enough to eat.
CRS isexpanding its outreach to outreach to meet the needs in drought-stricken areas. The effort includes diverting resources to help with the crisis, conducting seed fairs to
Assist farmers and trying to organize efforts to provide safe water and offer supplementary feeding for young children and pregnant or nursing mothers.
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Help Us Advocate for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Catholic Relief Services
Several years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. According to the International Rescue Committee, 1,000 people are dying every day in this region of the world, mostly from hunger and disease. More than 3.8 million have dies in the last 6 years since fighting began in 1998.
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