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Overseas development agencies, including the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Misereor, have pledged their continued support for the Church and civil organizations in Africa amid foreign fund cuts as perpetrated by their native countries.
One word that captures the experience of the Director General of Misereor during his recently concluded first-ever visit to Africa is “hope”.
The official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales (CAFOD), the Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and the German Catholic Bishops' Organization for Development Cooperation (Misereor) are on the list of 22 humanitarian and development agencies that are calling for immediate action to address the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa countries.
A Germany Catholic charity has facilitated a weeklong training of project and finance e mployees of South Sudan's Wau Diocese in financial management that was organized to equip the staff with proper techniques of proposal and report writing in their respective departments.