CRS Let's Celebrate Mothers

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Feature A Hard, Simple Truth About Mothers When a CRS writer connects with a Guatemalan mom, they find unexpected common ground. Read more. Prayer Holy Women of God, Pray for Us As we seek to do God's will in this world, we turn to his holiest daughters as our models, and as our intercessors. And so we pray ... Multimedia Moving Up the Mountain: Coffee Farmers Fight Against Climate Change  In this interactive story, we meet the coffee growers of Guatemala, farmers fighting against climate and poverty in an uphill battle against coffee leaf rust.  But there is hope. Read the story and meet the people. You can view, share and subscribe to all CRS videos on the CRS YouTube Channel. Join our growing online communities: - - - - - - A Message From Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo Celebrating Our Mother Church Inspiration and motivation for all CRS work comes from the Bride of Christ, mother to us all. Read more. A Year After Nepal Quake, Ecuador Is Struck It’s been a year since the earthquake hit Nepal in April 2015, devastating the economy, homes and lives. Families are still struggling to restart their businesses, but your gifts are helping bring hope and success to people like Kumari, and people like Kalpana, a farmworker who has no income when the harvest season is over. Now another deadly earthquake has struck—this time in Ecuador. Just as your gifts have built strong homes and strong lives in Nepal, they can do so in Ecuador. We are grateful for the generous support of our CRS family. Will you give hope to survivors in Ecuador? Rooting Out Modern Slavery in Coffee Supply Chains A new CRS policy brief applauds Brazil’s campaign against modern slavery and outlines steps the coffee industry and consumers can take to contribute to its success. Learn more. Responding to the Earthquake in Ecuador We can together, as Christian communities, support the Church's response to the crisis as we pray, learn, act and give to those in need. These and other resources for your communities are available atresources.crs.org.

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