Community members welcome the Hispanic delegation with drumming and dancing. Photo by CRS staff Nine Hispanic Church leaders from across the United States and four CRS regional staff members spent 10 days visiting CRS projects in Burkina Faso and Ghana, interacting with and experiencing the culture and way of life of the people. The Hispanic [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Da Souza family interacting with project beneficiaries in Burkina Faso. Photo by CRS staff The Da Souza family, friends and great supporters of CRS, along with CRS staffer Alison Judd, spent 10 days in Burkina Faso and Ghana. They visited many CRS projects, interacted with partners and beneficiaries of the various projects in both [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A group of blind gardeners supported by CRS welcome the St. Francis girls to their project site in the village of Ermon, Ghana, with song and dance. Photo by CRS staff A delegation of 12 students and 3 teachers from St. Francis, an all-girls’ Catholic high school in Sacramento, California, visited Ghana from June 7 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »I send you all belated but very sincere greetings and best wishes from Ghana. After a 69-day speaking tour in the US, traveling from coast to coast and enduring persecution from the exceptionally snowy winters, it is good to finally be back home, reunited with family and enjoying local foods but suffering from scorching sun, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Currently, I am on a speaking tour in the U.S. and enjoying every bit of it … except persecution by the snow. I met a little boy, a fourth grader who was celebrating his birthday. He graciously offered me a slice of his birthday cake which was yummy. Out of curiosity, I asked the little [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Most Reverend McManus – Bishop of Worcester Diocese and I (Thomas Awiapo) had a 30 minutes media interview on the work of CRS in Haiti and around the world which will be aired across the country in due course. The bishop announced that the Catholic community of the Worcester Diocese has raised close to $500,000 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »On Jan 12, 2010, an earthquake hit Port-Au-Prince- Haiti, inflicting an unspeakable human tragedy in the lives of its inhabitants. It is hard to imagine or believe that about 150,000 and probably more people have perished in the earthquake and over 600,000 people are homeless, hungry, thirsty, and need medication if they hope to live. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Frosty roof tops, glistering sun rise, blissful sounds of Christmas carols echo everywhere, advent surrounds us as we wait for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. Growing up as a child in a small little village in Ghana, Christmas day was always awaited with great expectations. It was the only day I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Parents, teachers, religion and society have inculcated certain perceptions, assumptions, values and knowledge in me. I have faithfully and painstakingly safeguarded and observed these for many years. I believed these were absolute truths. Meanwhile, I have always been a questioner and critic of other peoples’ ideas and perceptions. I even questioned the unquestionable. Yes, I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Come November 26, 2009, Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving once again – a time of gathering of families and friends, a time of gratitude to God and to one another for blessings received. One of the most memorable moments of my life was when I had the singular opportunity to be present in the United [...]
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