Operation Rice Bowl: A Lenten Tradition
2008 Operation Rice Bowl Featured Countries
Through these 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: Guatemala, Mali, India, Haiti and Cameroon.
Sample dishes from the Operation Rice Bowl countries with your family and friends by preparing a simple, meatless recipe shared with us by the people we serve overseas.
Guatemala
In Guatemala, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will assist villagers like Felipa Pérez secure access to clean water.
Taste a meatless dish from Guatemala by preparing cod a la Vizcaína with your family.
Mali
In Mali, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will help support small business owners like Hamsatou Tangare, who sells food and household items to her neighbors.
Try jollof rice with your friends and family.
India
In India, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will provide assistance for CRS-supported schools like the one Pailash attends.
Taste kadai aloo, a local Indian recipe.
Haiti
In Haiti, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will assist small farmers, like François Livert, improve their crop yields to better support their families.
Prepare rice and red beans, a traditional Haitian recipe, with your family.
Cameroon
In Cameroon, your participation in Operation Rice Bowl will help support people, like Angeline, who are affected by HIV and AIDS.
Try Cameroonian fried vegetables with your friends and family.
Operation Rice Bowl Featured Diocese
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.
Diocese of Venice, FL 
In the Diocese of Venice, FL part of the local 25 percent of Operation Rice Bowl funds are used to support the social outreach center of St. Peter Claver Catholic Mission. The Center responds to the needs of its neighbors by providing food to families in need.
