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Catholic Relief Services

Index Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. [1]

52 relations: Aegis Trust, Africa, Aid agency, Asia, Baltimore, Better Business Bureau, Caritas Internationalis, Catholic charities, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, Pakistan, Catholic school, Catholic social teaching, Central African Republic, CharityWatch, Cycle of poverty, Eastern Europe, Edward Ernest Swanstrom, George W. Bush, Gregory John Mansour, Haiti, Humanitarian aid, Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake, Humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan, Islamic Relief, Ken Hackett, Latin America, List of earthquakes in Pakistan, Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, Maryland, Middle East, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Non-governmental organization, Paulist Fathers, Peacebuilding, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Social justice, Sphere Project, Stewart's Department Store, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Tom Daschle, Typhoon Haiyan, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, United States, United States Agency for International Development, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States dollar, University of Notre Dame, Villanova University, ..., World Vision International, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Expand index (2 more) »

Aegis Trust

The Aegis Trust, founded in 2000, is the British NGO which campaigns to prevent genocide worldwide.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Aid agency

An aid agency is an organization dedicated to distributing aid.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is an organization focused on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 106 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

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Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 165 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

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Catholic charities

Catholic charities refer to a number of Catholic charitable organisations.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Catholic Relief Services, Pakistan

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) first began its work in 1943.

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Catholic school

Catholic schools are parochial schools or education ministries of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Catholic social teaching

Catholic social teaching is the Catholic doctrines on matters of human dignity and common good in society.

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Central African Republic

The Central African Republic (CAR; Sango: Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka; République centrafricaine, or Centrafrique) is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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CharityWatch

CharityWatch, formerly known as the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Chicago, created in the United States by Daniel Borochoff in 1992, to provide information about charities' financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising.

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Cycle of poverty

In economics, the cycle of poverty is the "set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention".

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent.

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Edward Ernest Swanstrom

Edward E. Swanstrom (March 20, 1903 - August 10, 1985) was the Titular Bishop of Arba, Auxiliary Bishop of New York).

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gregory John Mansour

Gregory John Mansour (born November 11, 1955, in Flint, Michigan) is an American Maronite prelate, who has served as the eparch (bishop) of the Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, a diocese based in Brooklyn, New York, covering the Maronite Church in the eastern United States, since 2004.

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Haiti

Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.

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Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help.

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Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake

The humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake included many organizations, including international, religious, and regionally based NGOs, which immediately pledged support in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake of a magnitude of 9.3 was prompted by one of the worst natural disasters of modern times.

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Humanitarian response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake

An earthquake struck Nepal at on 25 April 2015 with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8 or 8.1Ms and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of IX (Violent).

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Humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan

In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines received numerous messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders.

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Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international humanitarian organisation that provides development programs and humanitarian relief around the globe, regardless of race, political affiliation, gender or belief.

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Ken Hackett

Kenneth Francis Hackett (born January 27, 1947) was the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from August 2013 until January 2017.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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List of earthquakes in Pakistan

Pakistan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults.

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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (in Latin: Eparchia Sancti Maronis Bruklyniensis Maronitarum) is an entity pertaining to the Apostolic Maronite Patriarchal Church of Antioch and is a diocese of the Maronite Church for the east coast of the United States, being headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

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Millennium Challenge Corporation

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a bilateral United States foreign aid agency established by the U.S. Congress in 2004, applying a new philosophy toward foreign aid.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Paulist Fathers

The Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle, better known as the Paulist Fathers, is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life for men founded in New York City in 1858 by Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker in collaboration with George Deshon, Augustine Hewit, and Francis A. Baker.

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Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding is an intervention technique or method that is designed to prevent the start or resumption of violent conflict by creating a sustainable peace.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore (Archidioecesis Baltimorensis) is the premier see of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.

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Social justice

Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society.

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Sphere Project

The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 to develop a set of minimum standards in core areas of humanitarian assistance.

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Stewart's Department Store

Stewart's Department Store, also known as the Posner Building, is a historic department store building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is a magazine that covers the nonprofit world.

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Tom Daschle

Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a retired American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005.

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Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan, known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded.

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U.S. Global Leadership Coalition

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) is a nonprofit organization formed by a coalition of American businesses and NGOs, senior national security and foreign policy experts, faith-based and community leaders from across the United States who promote increased support for the United States’ diplomatic and development efforts among both politicians and the public.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame or ND) is a private, non-profit Catholic research university in the community of Notre Dame, Indiana, near the city of South Bend, in the United States.

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Villanova University

Villanova University is a private research university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in the United States.

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World Vision International

World Vision International is an Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Relief_Services

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