CRS-USCCB Ethiopia RFSA

Current understanding

USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance obligated $67.5M to Catholic Relief Services – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for a Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) in Ethiopia. The award funds multi-year resilience-oriented food security programming, distinct from CRS-USCCB’s separate emergency food assistance operations in the same country.

Evidence log

• 2023-10-01 — USAID · ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY INTERNATIONAL — $44.6M (COD): cross-connection with adra-drc-resilience-food-security: Both are USAID resilience food security awards to faith-based NGOs, operating in different country contexts (DRC vs. Ethiopia). (novelty: 4)
• 2026-03-19 — USAID sub · SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL ← SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION, INC. — $8.8M: cross-connection with save-the-children-mozambique-resilience: Both are USAID Resilience Food Security Activities (RFSAs) implemented via prime-sub structures with international NGO federations channeling funds to their operational affiliates. (novelty: 3)
• 2021-09-08 — USAID · CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS — $67.5M (ETH): cross-connection with fh-ethiopia-rfsa: Both are USAID/BHA Resilience Food Security Activities operating in Ethiopia, funded through the same BHA mechanism with different implementing partners. (novelty: 4)

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