Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.crs.org/
URL: http://www.catholicrelief.org/
Spanish Language Website: https://www.crsespanol.org/
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Founded
1943-01
History
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Promote services and assistance to meet relief, welfare and educational needs created by underdevelopment or arising out of civil strife or natural causes, their incidence and consequences as well as a social and economic development in developing areas, without regard to race, creed, colour or political affiliation.
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Invited to Governing Council sessions of: F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Observer to: B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM). Partner of: E-XE3016 - UNHCR. Supports: E-XE4115 - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Links with: B-XB0971 - FAO; F-XF9809 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS); E-XE0390 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC); E-XE3382 - UNDP; B-XB3548 - WHO; F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP). Links indicated by: H-XE3150 - Bioversity International; E-XD1035 - Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP). Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Founder member of: B-XB1457 - International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). Member of:
- U-XG9331 - Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA);
- G-XJ2794 - Alliance to End Hunger;
- E-XJ8622 - Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP);
- G-XG0457 - American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction);
- F-XM0044 - Basic Education Coalition (BEC);
- E-XM5384 - Better Than Cash Alliance;
- B-XB0216 - Caritas Internationalis (CI);
- G-XG1670 - Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association (CCRDA);
- G-XM2107 - CORE Group;
- E-XE3790 - Council of Non-Governmental Organizations for Development Support;
- F-XM8789 - Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN);
- F-XM8823 - Forum of Catholic Inspired Organizations;
- F-XM5009 - Global Education Cluster;
- U-XM5046 - Global Innovation Exchange (The Exchange);
- F-XJ3541 - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC);
- E-XM7211 - Global WASH Cluster (GWC);
- U-XM5429 - InsideNGO;
- E-XE4064 - Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC);
- F-XF7183 - Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE);
- F-XM7722 - Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI);
- G-XM5390 - Millennium Water Alliance (MWA);
- F-XJ2148 - NetHope;
- E-XE1562 - NGO Forum on Cambodia;
- E-XE2973 - NGO Committee on UNICEF;
- F-XM6948 - Start Network.
Stakeholder in: U-XJ7047 - Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI). Signatory to the 'Publish What You Pay' appeal of: F-XG9468 - Publish What You Pay Coalition (PWYP). Supports: F-XG5302 - Africare; F-XM2543 - Global Network for Good Governance (GNGG); E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); D-XD2437 - Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA); U-XK1332 - Southern African Network of AIDS Service Organizations (SANASO). Partner of: J-XM5387 - 1,000 Days; E-XJ5845 - Global Health Cluster (GHC); E-XM7202 - Global Shelter Cluster (GSC); D-XM2338 - Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Sociales y Desarrollo (INCEDES); U-XE4637 - International Centre for Tropical Agriculture; E-XF1898 - Helen Keller Intl (HKI). Instrumental in setting up: G-XM8256 - Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN); U-XF7176 - Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE); U-XF9977 - Inter-Church Response for the Horn of Africa (ICRHA). Collaborates with: G-XF2700 - FHI 360.
Links with:
- F-XF1011 - Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA);
- G-XG6252 - Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN);
- G-XE6056 - African Office for Development and Cooperation;
- D-XF0712 - Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD);
- E-XE0971 - Asian Centre for Organisation Research and Development (ACORD);
- G-XG2524 - Bread for the World Institute (BFW Institute);
- F-XF3790 - Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA);
- G-XG0445 - Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR);
- U-XG8476 - Centre régional pour le développement et la santé - soins de santé primaires (CREDESA/SSP);
- E-XF0669 - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED);
- F-XF0339 - Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions;
- G-XE3391 - Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC);
- U-XG2897 - Interfaith Hunger Appeal (IHA);
- G-XG8080 - International Blue Crescent (IBC);
- G-XE2878 - International Catholic Organizations Information Center (ICO Center);
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- B-XB2907 - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
- E-XE6331 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI);
- F-XF2405 - International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;
- F-XF1436 - International Secretariat for Water (ISW);
- G-XG7637 - McKnight Foundation;
- G-XN1008 - Mercy-USA for Aid and Development (MUSA);
- G-XG3870 - Near East Foundation (NEF);
- K-XK0647 - Riunione delle Opere per l'Aiuto alle Chiese Orientali (ROACO);
- U-XN5669 - Visions in Action;
- G-XJ5011 - YouthBuild International (YBI).
Links indicated by: U-XJ7047 - Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI); E-AA2140 - Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies; F-XJ2837 - Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF); E-XK0348 - Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS).
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF0493
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