Many cannot afford the most basic needs... food, water, medicine, housing. We're providing a hand-up rather than hand-out to those who need it most worldwide.

Education is something that is often taken for granted, but in too many African countries education is a luxury that few receive. However, Christian Relief Services' local partner in Mozambique writes that thanks to the good work of Christian Relief Services, "Many young and old have gone through our hands. Children who are now in elementary schools have been to our pre-schools. Every classroom is full to capacity. Some are now in high schools." Closer to home, a participant in Christian Relief Services' supportive housing program wrote, "Being disabled makes life more challenging. Christian Relief Services helped to get me off the street and into a safe place to call home."

These are just two of the countless number of success stories that have occurred every day over the past few decades of Christian Relief Services' history. Similar stories can be found throughout our supportive housing programs, transitional housing programs, domestic relief and self-help programs across America (specifically in Appalachia), on American Indian Reservations, or through our international relief and self-help programs.