According to UNICEF, 2.1 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, 3.4 billion lack basic sanitation services, and millions cannot access medical care.
Thankfully, last year, friends like you helped us construct 270 individual water systems, 174 community water systems and over 200 sanitation systems, blessing more than 240,000 people with clean drinking water and improved sanitation services. Your generosity also enabled us and our ministry partners to provide maternal care to more than 3,000 mothers and medical procedures for over 2,300 people.
This year, with your help, we can quench the thirst of the poor, improve sanitation and hygiene, and help even more families access critically needed medicine and healthcare.
A gift of $92 provides clean water to a family of four.
A lack of accessible clean water is one of the greatest burdens facing people worldwide. When water is not readily available, negative effects ripple through a family’s daily life. Unsafe drinking sources increase the risk of waterborne diseases and poor sanitation and household hygiene. Meanwhile, limited access to well-equipped hospitals and clinics prevents families from receiving the healthcare they need.
Thankfully, Cross Catholic Outreach’s partners and donors, like you, have been making a difference in impoverished communities all over the world.
Malawi, Zambia, Ghana & Kenya
In 2025 alone, we were able to bless 240,039 people with clean water and 2,351 people with medical procedures. Because of donors’ active, Christlike generosity, many of our struggling brothers and sisters have experienced God’s mercy and are giving him praise!
Still, many more remain in urgent need. Working together, we can reach families in over 10 countries with clean water and critically needed medical aid.
Don’t wait to change a life — give now to share hope and healing with entire communities in Jesus’ mighty name!
Your donations are the driving force behind our mission.
Use it for reflections and notes to grow in your spiritual life. You’ll also receive a prayer request form to mail back so that we can pray for your needs. In effect, this creates a spiritual bridge to connect you to our sisters and brothers in Christ in the developing world!
Cross Mission Partners also receive a semiannual Mission Update with news, insights and information about the good work and accomplishments made possible by your support.
Every dollar helps us bless the least of our brothers and sisters throughout Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico & Central America and South America.
Thank You for Your Special Commitment to Serving the Poor!
The Cross Catholic Outreach Christmas Catalog makes it fun and easy to extend the joy of Christmas to the poor. Instead of being filled with retail items, the catalog contains meaningful gifts for some of the world’s most impoverished families. Some gifts are lifesaving items such as Food, while others are large projects such as Safe Homes or Clean Water. All gifts are sent on your behalf to grateful families in developing countries.
It’s easy to shop through the Cross Catholic Outreach Christmas Catalog. Simply browse through the categories and choose an item within your budget and close to your heart, such as Box of Joy or Catholic School Scholarships for children. Select and sponsor one or more of these gifts, and you’ll make a meaningful impact on the life of a needy child or family overseas. It’s that simple!
Blessing the poor happens year-round. Some gifts in our Christmas Catalog are sourced locally, so there is no need to worry about international shipping. For items that require shipping, Cross Catholic Outreach works with partners in every country we serve to ensure Christmas Catalog gifts are delivered in a timely fashion.
Yes! Making a gift in honor of a friend or family member is a fun and easy way to share Christmas joy. Once you complete the checkout process, let them know by sending a printed certificate or e-Card.
Donations from this campaign will be used to cover any expenditures for this project incurred through June 30, 2027, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the project, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry.