Welcome to the 2017–2018 Gift of Hope Catalog
Catholic Relief Services helps poor people gain the means, rights and skills to live in dignity, and care for themselves and their families.
Hundreds of CRS projects offer impoverished women, men and children the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty.
Children who have escaped brainwashing, torture and forced combat return home highly traumatized. CRS provides refuge and counseling for former child soldiers, helping them re-enter into their home communities and rebuild their lives.
Poor women and children are exploited by human traffickers. Kits for trafficking survivors provide a month’s supply of food, medicine, bedding, clothing and hygiene items.
Catholic Relief Services provides adult education, vocational training and literacy programs that open doors for many women and men overseas. These programs provide the knowledge and tools—like sewing machines—to earn a living and build a future.
Catholic Relief Services supports savings-based microfinance groups that provide extremely poor people—mostly women—with a way to save their own money and provide opportunities to invest, borrow and help their neighbors meet emergency needs. Groups are self-sustaining, and each member receives training in financial management.
A Gift of Hope represents an inspirational way for you to make a life-changing difference for families and communities around the world. Simply choose a gift that will help save, protect and transform the lives of our most vulnerable brothers and sisters–and then, choose a special card to personalize and let your loved one know you’ve given a Gift of Hope in their name.
All items in the gift catalog are actual goods and services provided to people CRS serves overseas. The gifts described in this catalog are symbolic of the good your donation will do for children, women and men in more than 100 countries.
Yes, once you check out, you can add a special note for your loved one to the ecard or printed card of your choosing.
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Yes, all donations to CRS are tax-deductible and will be included in your year-end tax receipt.
Gift amounts represent averages. Actual costs may vary based on local economies.
All items in the gift catalog are actual goods and services provided to the people CRS serves overseas. The gifts described in this catalog are symbolic of the good your donation will do for children, women and men in more than 100 countries.