Jen Hardy, regional information officer for Asia, is on the ground to document the CRS response to to Tropical Storm Washi (local name “Sendong”), which struck northern Mindanao in the Philippines on December 17.
It’s a struggle to come up…
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Many among the 42 families in the Nova Conquista, or New Conquest, settlement share horror stories of toiling away on fields in Brazil’s Amazon for little or no pay. Enslavement often began with a recruiter paid to lure workers to…
It is now two years since the enormous earthquake shook Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas. The scenes of death and destruction dominated TV news for weeks, and though the cameras have gone, the recovery continues.
We recently had the opportunity…
Famine has been declared across six regions in Somalia. Currently more than 50 percent of Somalia is affected by the crisis and 250,000 people are at risk of dying from starvation. Catholic Relief Services’ Regional Technical Advisor for Health, Jennifer…
