Photo of the Week Archive
Farmers Save Crops with Hand-Held Computers
Today the Great Lakes Cassava Initiative, led by Catholic Relief Services and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is helping farmers in Kenya and five other countries in Africa’s Great Lakes grow disease resistant cassava plants and monitor their crops with mini, hand-held computers designed by Microsoft. Photo by Debbie DeVoe/CRS
Deported migrants arrive after a chartered flight from Houston, Texas, and proceed to El Centro de Atención al Migrante Retornado (Attention Center for the Returned Immigrant) located in the Toncontin Airport in Honduras. Catholic Relief Services initiated and funded the deportation processing center eight years ago to assist migrants upon their return. The center also [...]
This detail of a table cover is an example of hand-decorating in the traditional churma style. With help from Catholic Relief Services, Afghan refugee women in Pakistan learn to make elaborate stitching. They also take part in a small business development program in the city of Quetta in southwestern Pakistan. The income earned from these [...]
In Egypt, a peace camp brings Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian and other children together for summer fun. The Peace Camp is located in the city of Alexandria. Catholic Relief Services supports the camp by providing monitoring and evaluation personnel. The camp helps heal the wounds of war. Photo by Khalil Ansara for CRS
A mother and her infant daughter are one of the families in the village of Seunebok Tuengoh, Indonesia whose home was rebuilt with help from Catholic Relief Services after the tsunami of December 26, 2004. Over the past five years, CRS has built thousands of new, sturdier homes in Indonesia. Photo by Sean Sprague for [...]
Florencia Aguilera Lasos waits with her 7-year-old daughter to get a rapid HIV test at a small clinic in the city of Comayaguela, just outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The last time she was tested, she was pregnant with her daughter. Catholic Relief Services has partnered with Caritas Good Samaritan in Tegucigalpa in a program called [...]
A pregnant woman speaks with health care workers at the Knach Rameas Health Center in Cambodia during a prenatal visit. Catholic Relief Services and our partners refer pregnant women to the center for HIV testing. With help from CRS the center also offers programs that help reduce stigma and the impact of HIV in Cambodian [...]
Mahrosh Kanwal, left, a counselor in Punjab, Pakistan, shares information with an HIV positive woman. Better understanding of HIV has helped her cope with discrimination and problems with family and friends. Photo by Joe Lapp for CRS.
A therapist massages Hamilton Pinto de Caldas’ hand. This is one of the many services available for clients of Casa Fonte Colombo center for support of people with HIV in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The center, supported by Catholic Relief Services through the Social Pastoral Agency for AIDS of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, also [...]
Students at the Msabaha Primary School in Mkenge, Kenya quietly study. Catholic Relief Services supports 60 orphans and vulnerable children at the Msabaha school through the AIDS Population and Health Integrated Assistance program. According to UNAIDS, as many as 1.3 million Kenyan children have been orphaned by AIDS. In Kenya, CRS provides assistance to nearly [...]
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