Celebrating Mother’s Day by Supporting Families

by Ken Hackett
The highly skilled professionals who work at international humanitarian organizations have developed our own “insider” language to describe the work we do. For example, many humanitarians refer to the people we serve as “stakeholders.” Others call them “beneficiaries.”
I prefer to use another term: families.
At Catholic Relief Services, we are guided by the principles [...]

Economic Turmoil Calls Us To Sacrifice for the World’s Hungry

By Ken Hackett 
As we Americans watch the financial crisis unfold, and our investments and retirement accounts plunge in value day by day, many of us are approaching the New Year with an overwhelming sense of fear and helplessness. 
We are beginning to reassess plans we’ve made, wondering whether we’ve saved enough for retirement or college tuitions. [...]