Tag: Somalia
CRS Responds To Flooding In Kismayo, Somalia, Affecting 43 Displacement Camps
May 17, 2013
CRS has teamed up with Sean Devereux Human Rights Organization (SEDHURO) to roll out a two-phase emergency response to flooding in the Kismayo region of Somalia.
Caritas Appeals for CRS Funding for Famine-Hit Somalia
October 10, 2012
This is cross-posted from Caritas Internationalis Caritas is appealing for funds to help farming households in Somalia struggling with famine following a long-term drought. Funds will support Catholic Relief Services (CRS – a US member of the Caritas confederation) who are working with local partners on a five month emergency programme in the neediest areas [...]
Kenyan Who Grew Up Hungry Now Devotes Career to Famine Relief
February 22, 2012
Our friends at Catholic San Francisco have a story this week about Peter Kimeu of CRS Kenya, who is currently on a national Speaker Tour for Operation Rice Bowl. He tells the story of what it’s like to grow up during a famine and to truly experience the pain of hunger. There were many days when Peter [...]
Under the Radar, African Women Struggle More than Others in Food Crisis
January 5, 2012
Catholic News Service reports once again from the frontlines of the East Africa food crisis, this time focusing on the drought’s impact on women. NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — The year 2011 was not good for women such as Joan Ochieng. Just about everything was a struggle. “We were not treated fairly,” the Nairobi resident and [...]
Famine Leads to Long-Term Health Issues for Children
December 1, 2011
Famine has been declared across three 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 Norman, explains the long-term impact famine can have on people, especially children. Jennifer is available [...]
Bishop Gainer of Lexington, KY: Don't Balance U.S. Budget on World's Impoverished
November 19, 2011
The Lexington Herald-Leader published an op-ed by Lexington Bishop Ronald Gainer in Saturday’s edition urging Congress to preserve poverty-focused international assistance in the U.S budget. Congress is nearing a vote on the federal budget with profound moral implications: Drastic cuts proposed for poverty-focused international humanitarian and development assistance will harm people around the world. Many [...]
The Baltimore Sun: Hearing Dadaab's Cries
October 24, 2011
Michael Hill, senior writer for Catholic Relief Services and a former reporter for the Baltimore Sun, recently traveled to Kenya, where he saw first-hand the suffering of the refugees streaming over the border from Somalia, and the compassionate response from humanitarian agencies, including CRS. Here is his reflections, Hearing Dadaab’s Cries, on what he witnessed [...]
Pope Benedict XVI Appeals to International Community to Help East Africa
October 5, 2011
At the end of his General Audience today in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XIV issued an appeal to the international community to continue to assist the millions of people in the Horn of Africa suffering from the effects of drought and famine. CRS President Ken Hackett was present at the audience. He is in [...]
Caritas, CRS to help 48,000 Somali refugees in Kenya
September 30, 2011
From the Caritas Internationalis blog: In Somalia, drought and ongoing conflict have reached crisis levels and affect over half of the population. More than 250,000 Somalis have fled their country in 2011 alone. The mass movement of rural Somalis across the border to Kenya has put significant pressure on already overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya. [...]
Vatican Radio: CRS Aiding Thousands of Somali Refugees; Situation "is Extreme, It is Dire"
September 29, 2011
Vatican Radio interviewed LeAnn Hager, acting emergency coordinator for Catholic Relief Services’ Kenya drought response, on efforts to aid Somali refugees arriving in camps in the Dadaab region of Kenya. She said she feared the crisis in the Horn of Africa was fading from public attention and appealed that all keep the plight of those [...]