Outreach

CRS Speaker Tours

Catholic Diocese of Arlington

upcoming speaker tour:

Kenya and Ethiopia build Peace though Clean Water Programs

Innovative Emergency Shelters in India


From October 16-20, a team of CRS water experts from Ethiopia and Kenya will be in the Washington, DC area and available to speak to interested groups.  Fr. Teum Berhe will lead the engaging discussion of how adequate water and sanitation can build a peaceful country.

From November 9-13, Kirti Mishra and Isaac Boyd, from CRS-India, will be in Washington, DC to take part in a World Bank competition on climate adaptation. Local parishes have the opportunity in the evening to host the speakers and learn more about the emergency shelter their team designed for low-income communities faced with flooding. For more information, visit here.

If you are interested in hosting a presentation, please contact the Arlington Diocesan Office for CRS at 703-841-3839.

 

 

Previous Speaker Tours:

Peacebuilding in Sudan (October, 2008)

Peace in the Middle East (May, 2008)

Operation Rice Bowl Efforts to Alleviate Hunger (March, 2007)