Through stories, photos and tours, meet the people who are impacted by Catholic Relief Services projects made possible by your participation in Operation Rice Bowl. Seventy-five percent of your gifts will help fund CRS development projects overseas, in countries such as: Egypt, Philippines, Tanzania, Honduras and Ghana.
Experience the different cultures of these countries through their cuisine. Prepare a simple, meatless meal with your friends and family with a recipe shared here by the people we serve overseas.
Egypt
In Egypt, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will assist women, like Amal, whose home bakery is helping to support her family.
Try babaganoush from Egypt with your family.
Philippines
In the Philippines, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will support farmers, like Ruben Halasan, to continue to improve their crops and share their knowledge with other farmers.
Cook hinurnong isda with your friends and family.
Tanzania
In Tanzania, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will provide assistance to children who have lost their parents to AIDS, like Sophia Nyoni.
Taste flatcakes, a Tanzanian recipe.
Honduras
In Honduras, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will assist small farmers, like Martín Reyes Granados, improve their crop yields to better support their families.
Prepare plantain turnovers with your family.
Ghana
In Ghana, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will help improve schools for children by offering formal training to teachers, like Al Hassan Harouna.
Try groundnut stew, a traditional Ghanaian recipe, with your friends and family.
Diocese of Colorado Springs, Colorado
Twenty-five percent of your contributions to Operation Rice Bowl remain in your diocese to fund local hunger and poverty alleviation efforts. Through these efforts, we assist people in our own neighborhoods as well as around the world.
In the Diocese of Colorado Springs, CO part of the local 25 percent of Operation Rice Bowl funds are used to support Marian House.
