Catholic Relief Services is the official international relief and development agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Founded in 1943, it is an organization of 5,000, working in 93 countries and reaching nearly 100 million of the world's poorest people each year with innovative solutions to tough problems like poverty, hunger, drought, disease and emergencies. CRS acts to promote human development by responding to major emergencies, fighting poverty, and nurturing peaceful and just societies
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe