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2006 Annual Report October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006 2006 Annual Report October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006 Giving Hope to a World of Need Table of Contents Resilience Through Innovation . 2 Ready for Disaster . 4 Hope Takes Root . 6 Working for Peace in a Fragile World . 8 Keeping the Promise . 10 Protecting the Innocent . 12 Open for Business . 14 Financial Summary . 16 Country Representatives and Regional Directors . 22 Diocesan Directors . 23 Donor Acknowledgment . 24 Our Leadership . 27 CRS Programs Around the World (map) . 28 Cover: In October 2005, a 7 6-magnitude. earthquake in Pakistan killed 73,000 and left 3 million homeless . Catholic Relief Services’ response focused on shelter, drawing on locally available materials and labor to prepare people for the quickly approaching winter months . Challenges included Catholic Relief Services is the official international relief and development agency of the United States Catholic steep terrain and freezing temperatures, but CRS managed community. Our mission is to help the poor and vulnerable overseas without regard to race, belief or nationality. to help 130,000 people rebuild their homes . We work in 98 countries around the world and touch the lives of 80 million people. Photo by David Snyder/CRS. Meeting Challenge With Ingenuity Dear Friend, In January 2006, I had the great privilege In several African countries, plant diseases $14-million relief and recovery effort and to be present with Pope Benedict XVI threaten to devastate crops of banana and opened a country program in Lebanon. in Rome when he released his profound cassava — dietary staples as essential in CRS continues our mission of serving encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love). parts of Africa as rice is in much of Asia. Catholics in the United States through The Holy Father inspires and challenges CRS has teamed with the International education and advocacy on behalf of our us all with his message that Christian love Institute of Tropical Agriculture to carry beneficiaries overseas. We now have six is borne out in serving others, especially out a very practical and innovative regional offices, in Atlanta, Baltimore, the poorest of the poor. In the Holy response to these pandemics. Through Chicago, Philadelphia, San Antonio Father’s words, “Our times call for a new the U.S. Agency for International and San Diego. From these offices readiness to assist our neighbors in need.” Development (USAID)-funded Crop — and through programs like Fair Trade, Often, the best way to respond to such Crisis Control Project, we are working Operation Rice Bowl and Global Fellows human need is with creativity and with a wide network of Catholic dioceses — we are engaging Catholics across the and national research institutes to educate innovation. In the last year, we have seen country in a movement for international help ensure that we can continue our many examples of ingenuity from our farmers about how to prevent and manage social justice and solidarity. these diseases. important work far into the future. staff at Catholic Relief Services, as well We take seriously our responsibility to be Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, as from our sister Caritas agencies and The CRS-led AIDSRelief project, funded good stewards of the resources entrusted Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, the hundreds of local organizations with by the President’s Emergency Plan for to us by our donors. Thanks to your D.C., and a longtime CRS board member, which we collaborate around the world. AIDS Relief, is developing novel solutions generous and continued support, private has generously agreed to serve as the first Our response to the massive Pakistan for reaching HIV-infected children with donations and other cash income in chair of the CRS Foundation. lifesaving antiretroviral therapy. With a earthquake — which left 3 million the last fiscal year totaled $185 million, I am inspired by the dedication of our people without shelter as bitter winter goal of ensuring that 10 percent of this including the nearly $12 million you medicine reaches children, AIDSRelief CRS Board, energized by the creativity of approached — comes to mind. A gave for the earthquake in Pakistan. This our CRS staff, humbled by the resiliency worldwide shortage of winterized tents encourages HIV-positive adults to bring allowed us to leverage an additional $385 their families for testing. AIDSRelief of the people we serve and overwhelmed threatened to trigger a humanitarian million in resources from U.S. government by the generosity of the U.S. Catholic crisis. CRS staff came up with a design currently provides antiretroviral and other organizations to benefit more medication to approximately 60,000 community, which makes it possible for us that enabled families to use timber and than 80 million people, both directly and to continue our work in 98 countries. stone salvaged from their damaged homes people and general HIV and AIDS care indirectly. Our program expenses totaled to build safe, durable shelters. Their work to another 137,000 people, for a total of $561 million in 2006, making this the As always, I thank you for your generous has not gone unrecognized. Our director 197,000 direct beneficiaries. third straight year that programming has support and ask for your of emergency services in Pakistan briefed Throughout 2006, CRS staff faced many exceeded the half-billion dollar level. continued prayers, President Bush on the reconstruction challenges with dedication and ingenuity This year, the CRS Board of Directors during his March visit, and Pakistan as they continued to give witness to a agreed to extend our reach to the poorest President Pervez Musharraf presented vision of global solidarity. Last summer’s people around the world through the CRS with the prestigious Sitara-i-Eisaar war between Israel and Hezbollah forced formation of the CRS Foundation, (Star of Sacrifice) medal in recognition of more than 900,000 Lebanese people to which will encourage Catholics of means Ken Hackett our work. flee their homes. CRS responded with a to make substantial contributions to President Resilience Through Innovation For the millions of people who faced for 89,000 people, rehabilitated water the movement of people and goods In Aceh, Indonesia, people have the both natural and man-made disaster in systems in 80 villages, and helped aggravated the humanitarian emergency. first modern hospital for women and 2006, it was ingenuity, innovation and 16,000 boys and girls go back to school. CRS distributed emergency food, children, city markets are bustling, and hope that bolstered their recovery hygiene items and winter clothing to people are going about their work and and demonstrated their resilience to lives. For an area that suffered such a Lebanon 30,000 people in Gaza. In Hebron, the world. Bethlehem, Jericho and Jerusalem, catastrophic loss to its population and In Lebanon, another type of crisis CRS continues to support 125,000 infrastructure, initial challenges in South Asia uprooted a way of life. Nearly 1 million people with food in exchange for response paved the way to lessons Earthquake Recovery Lebanese — a quarter of the population work on community recovery. We learned and best practices. From — were forced to flee their homes are also working in the community immediate and transitional shelters The mountains of Pakistan changed as a result of war between Israel and to long-term permanent homes, CRS dramatically in the year following the with Palestinian youth and volunteer Hezbollah in July. organizations that encourage maintained its commitment to 7.6-magnitude earthquake of October communities’ involvement in their CRS supported 100,000 people with community involvement. 2005 that killed 73,000 people and left recovery and to high-quality food, water, medical care, hygiene 3 million — a population the size of construction for lasting, safe shelter. Chicago — homeless. kits and bedding. In August, Cardinal Tsunami Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop In Sri Lanka, boat distributions, CRS’ 50 years of work in Pakistan and Emeritus of Washington, D.C., traveled In Asia, CRS is completing the second livelihood programs and school relationships on the ground allowed to the region to express solidarity with year of a recovery effort that ultimately materials have helped thousands restart us to reach 160,000 people in a large- the innocent and call for an immediate will assist 600,000 people affected by the businesses and lives. In India, support scale relief effort. The initial challenges cease-fire. Days later, a cease-fire was Indian Ocean tsunami. has moved beyond reconstruction, to were many: steep mountains, freezing declared, and 700,000 Lebanese headed Significant progress has taken place. mobilizing communities to protect temperatures, blocked roads and lack back to their homes, many of which had We’ve helped build thousands of homes their most vulnerable, and reducing the of cover for winter. been destroyed or damaged. in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, and impact of future catastrophes through programs that address disaster Shelter was critical, as was local For the recovery ahead, CRS is construction is under way for thousands preparedness, HIV and AIDS, and participation to identify creative supporting families with food, clean more. We’ve also worked with commu- trafficking of women and children. housing solutions in time for winter. water, vouchers for crops and livestock, nities to rehabilitate infrastructure vital What worked so efficiently was enabling and innovative psychosocial activities to to daily life — roads, bridges, hospitals, Pakistanis to use their own ingenuity help children cope with the trauma of markets and schools. and resourcefulness to rebuild their war. Youth activities include retreats and homes and lives. Our team provided theater productions that explore issues materials and technical and financial of tolerance and civic leadership. support, but it was the earthquake- affected communities that mobilized to transport heavy materials up the Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza mountainside, construct warm, durable Home of Their Own shelters, and provide assistance to In the neighboring Palestinian neighbors who couldn’t go it alone.
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