WYPR’s Dan Rodricks hosts four CRS staffers on Thursday, November 18, from noon to 1 p.m. The show, Midday, will feature Sean Callahan, executive vice president for Overseas Operations, Tom Purekal, program manager of CRS southern Sudan’s Peacebuilding and Governance program, Luke King, country representative for CRS/Haiti, Jack Byrne, country representative for CRS/Pakistan. They’ll be [...]
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As the cholera outbreak in Haiti worsens, Catholic Relief Services is responding with aggressive measures to help prevent the spread of the disease and treat the sick. The cholera outbreak has infected more than 15,000 Haitians and killed more than 900. CRS is providing Haitians with soap, water purification tablets and related guidance to prevent [...]
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A look inside a completed temporary shelter in Haiti built by CRS and local partner Hospice St. Joseph. Photo by Benjamin Depp for CRS. Catholic Relief Services, working with Haitians in a cash-for-work program, has completed construction of hundreds of temporary shelters for families left homeless after the January earthquake.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas striking Haiti on Friday, Catholic Relief Services is working with affected populations to help those in need. Hurricane Tomas killed 6 people and destroyed more than 100 homes. CRS distributed food and water to about 4,000 people in temporary shelters in southern Haiti, the area most affected by the [...]
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Barbara J. Fraser, a 2010 Egan Award winner, traveled to Haiti to see CRS relief work and wrote. The following is excerpted from a story she wrote for The Catholic Sun. In one earthquake-ravaged neighborhood beside a steep ravine, residents are turning rubble into riches. Not only are they using debris from damaged buildings to [...]
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Relatives of Haitians suffering from cholera wait for news outside a local hospital in the town of Saint Marc. Photo by Reuters/Felix Evens, courtesy www.alertnet.org A cholera outbreak in central Haiti has left 250 people dead and more than 3,000 ill. Haitian president Rene Preval confirmed the outbreak on Friday, October 22, after first reports [...]
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An outbreak of Cholera began in Haiti’s Artibonite region earlier this week. The most recent reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) are of 157 deaths and more than 1,567 infected. According to media reports, substantial numbers of cases have been seen at St. Nicholas Hospital in St. Marc and the hospital in Petite Riviere [...]
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A ceremony and mass to launch construction to build the new St. Francois de Sales Hospital in Haiti. Photo by Benjamin Depp Nine months after the earthquake, St. Francois de Sales Hospital, Catholic Relief Services and partners came together yesterday to remember those who perished at the hospital, to celebrate the courage of those who [...]
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From Odyssey Network’s Faith in Action Series: “When Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York visited Haiti one week after the earthquake, he made a promise to return and to keep its plight before the eyes of the world. He fulfiled that promise in August. An Odyssey Networks film crew was with the Archbishop as he [...]
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This morning, Nicole Balliette, Deputy Director of the Haiti Earthquake Emergency Response effort, will testified before Congress about the emergency response effort. Below is her testimony to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, part of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Thank you Chairman Engel (NY) and Ranking Member Mack (FL) for calling this important [...]
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