USAID · CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS — $272.5M (ETH)
Key claim: USAID obligated $272.5 million to Catholic Relief Services for emergency food assistance to people facing severe acute food insecurity in Ethiopia.
Abstract
Agency for International Development obligated $272.5M to CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES - UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, for work in ETH. TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE FACING SEVERE ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY IN ETHIOPIA
Why this matters
A $272.5M obligation to Catholic Relief Services for Ethiopia food assistance is a substantial single-country humanitarian award, illustrating the scale of U.S. faith-based NGO implementation of emergency food programming. Tracking such awards helps map who implements U.S. humanitarian response, at what magnitude, and in which crisis contexts.