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rainwater on farm fields. CRS aid to farmers also includes providing seed vouchers for droughtresistant varieties of staple crops and training to improve agriculture practices. In Ethiopia, the CRS-led Joint Emergency Operations Plan has more than doubled its feeding program from 600,000 people in June to more than 1.3 million in August. Focusing on five of the most drought-affected dioceses, CRS will help another 65,000 people through food, water, health, nutrition and livelihood support. In the long term, CRS will continue its work in Ethiopia in watershed management, a concerted effort to sustain and enhance natural water sources in a given watershed, which has helped communities to resist the kinds of droughts the region is now experiencing. In Somalia, CRS is expanding its support to local partners to meet the needs of displaced Somalis in camps in major urban centers and also provide services in rural areas to predominantly pastoralist (animal herding) communities. In Mogadishu and Baidoa, CRS support is helping 28,000 displaced Somalis with health and nutrition services. In addition, CRS food, water and livelihoods support is helping 35,000 drought-affected Somalis in the southcentral part of the country. While working to alleviate the immediate human suffering, CRS recognizes the importance of long-term drought mitigation programs, and weve seen that some communities are faring better now during this current drought because of those projects, Orth-Moore says. How to Help Donate by Phone Call 1-800-736-3467 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time. Donate by Mail Mail your check or money order to: Catholic Relief Services Memo: East Africa Emergency Fund P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, MD 21203-7090 Donate Online http://www.crs.org/kenya/somalis-crowd-kenya-camp/ ### Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. The agency alleviates suffering and provides assistance to people in need in nearly 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. For more information, please visit www.crs.org or www.crsespanol.org.