During the 1965 fiscal year. CRS sent overseas relief supplies. including U.S. governmentdonated food surpluses. with a total value of $131.914.192.56. In the field of refugee relief and rehabilitation. Catholic Relief Services continued its assistance to the resettlement of Cuban refugees as well as increased its overall aid program in wartorn Vietnam. Concerned with the growing problem of the combat in Vietnam. CRS added 900.000 refugees. widows. orphans and other war victims to its relief program. totaling over 1.300.000 recipients. Other refugee relief programs in which CRS took part included the Congo. the Central Afriean Republic. working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in giving assistance to 50.000 Sudanese refugees. and in Tanzania. in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other voluntary agencies. assisting 60.000 Rwandese refugees. VietnamProgram initiated in 1954. Personnel: 8 U.S.. 1 Australian. 1 Filipino surgeon. 56 Vietnamese.
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