Baltimore, MD, October 16, 2012 – Carolyn Woo, president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) today unveiled CRS Rice Bowl, a major revamp of the agency’s signature Lenten anti-hunger program. “For the past 37 years during the season of Lent, Catholics in the United States participate in a popular program called Operation Rice Bowl.  Today, I am announcing that we are renaming it CRS Rice Bowl”, said Woo.

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HUNGER-RELATED RESOURCES

CRS Pledges $150 Million to Combat Hunger
Building Nutrition with ‘Kitchen Gardens’ in Urban Households in Lesotho
Helping Farmers Benefit from the Sale of White Beans in Ethiopia
Fact Sheet on Hunger (document)
Press Conference PowerPoint (document)

MEET CRS FOOD SECURITY EXPERTS

• Shaun Ferris, Ph.D.—Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Environment
• Lisa Kuennen-Asfaw—Director, Public Resource Group
• Frank Orzechowski—Senior Advisor, Monetization and Commodities
• Tom Remington—Principal Agriculture Advisor, Africa
• Bruce White—CRS Policy Advisor, Food Security and Hunger

CRS RICE BOWL RESOURCES

CRS Rice Bowl fact sheet
Recipes from CRS Rice Bowl countries

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