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The Tablet February 17, 2021
Valerie Aimee Raharisoa, 32, works at her family’s vegetable garden on Madagascar’s island nation. Catholic Relief Services’ annual Rice Bowl program helped pay for programs that taught this mother how to increase her harvests with sustainable gardening techniques. (Photo: Courtesy of Catholic Relief Services)
CRS’s Rice Bowl Helps Feed
159 Million in 100 Countries
WINDSOR TERRACE Madagascar is an island nation off the African continent’s east coast. But even though water surrounds it, this country is not immune from drought.
Families rely on small farms and gardens to grow their food, but harvests shrink in the dry years. Consequently, one in two children on the island is undernourished, according to Catholic Relief Services, which aims to change that.