Nigeria is among the beneficiary countries listed in the United States’ newly approved humanitarian and disaster response assistance to Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
The CRS, the international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community, will receive over $240 million to provide critical needs in selected nations through an extensive network of local partners.
Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, and Sudan will also benefit from the multi-sectoral aid spanning food, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and shelter, among others.
State Department Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response Senior Official Ryan Shrum announced the funding on Friday in Rome, Italy, alongside U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch.
Also at the meeting were U.S. Representative to UN Agencies in Rome Lynda Blanchard, CRS VP for Humanitarian Response Jennifer Poidatz, and Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Alistair Dutton.
The financial grant to Catholic Relief Services, according
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