Welcome to the 2017–2018 Gift of Hope Catalog
Catholic Relief Services provides medical supplies and innovative treatment to the world’s poorest people.
We support health care and training for health providers through hospitals, local clinics and churches.
Hearing aids make it possible for children with hearing loss to fully participate in school. Children and families also learn how to use and care for their hearing aids.
In poor communities, people with disabilities are often invisible and isolated, with limited opportunities to overcome physical challenges or participate in community life. A wheelchair can open doors to education, jobs and socialization that are crucial to well-being.
Each year, more than 20 million children do not have access to basic vaccines that prevent childhood diseases, and about 1.5 million of them die unnecessarily. CRS works with partners, including local health ministries, to offer vaccines and link remote communities to vital health care.
A simple scale allows health care providers to weigh children at monthly clinics. Weight gives important insights into nutrition, growth and overall health. At the clinics, mothers also receive important information on how to feed and care for their children.
Malaria is a preventable disease, yet at least half a million people—most of them children—die each year for want of inexpensive long-lasting insecticide-treated nets. Mosquito nets protect entire families so they can sleep safely and soundly.
Prenatal and infant care is critical to ensuring the health of mothers and the very survival of their babies. In many remote, impoverished regions, CRS provides the only access to quality prenatal care, safe deliveries and follow-up care for mothers and young children. Programs provide parents with both health education on infant and maternal care, and nutrition.
Too many children around the world don’t have access to quality health care. Routine health exams for children help monitor growth and development, and provide vaccinations to prevent disease. They also allow health care providers access to necessities, such as medical supplies, to diagnose and treat diseases, so that girls and boys have a better chance to lead healthy, happy lives.
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.