CRS has been working with new technical partners who use a wide range of approaches, methods, and tools for linking smallholder farmers to markets. This meeting will review different methodologies, assess strengths and gaps, and agree on a format for a new learning alliance.

One of the biggest constraints to achieving education for all is the increasing number of children who cannot attend school because of the HIV pandemic. In Lesotho, CRS is implementing the Mountain Orphans and Vulnerable children Empowerment (MOVE) project to address the multiple needs of these children.
Three-quarters of Lesotho’s 1.8 million people live in the [...]

Examines methods of mobilizing children as leaders in the effort to create more healthful school environments and communities.

Access to education is a human right.  In Benin, however, challenges to achieving universal primary education persist.  In rural areas, low enrollment and attendance rates are due to a number of factors.  Families living in poverty are unable to afford to send their children to school.  Although the government has eliminated primary school fees, parents [...]

For too many people, gaining access to water is a daily struggle. In rural Malawi, CRS is working to change that situation, partnering with CADECOM to drill wells in rural villages. 

Details CRS’s support for CADEV’s organizational strengthening efforts: developing an organizational improvement plan and increasing the capacity of field agents, volunteers, community members.

A study of CRS’s work with Safety Net Centers to prepare for the end of international food aid.