When people around the world are oppressed by poverty or violence, and have no one to help them, they often turn to the Church through small faith communities. Rather than bringing in a solution from the outside, from people who may not even know the real situation, the Catholic Church looks for or encourages development of community organizations which can listen to the people, educate them on their rights and responsibilities, and facilitate solutions to the problems. Catholic Relief Services, the overseas relief arm of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has documented many success stories from such community organizing, with farming cooperatives, microfinance banks, and peace-building efforts in war-torn countries. One of the key principles for faith-based community organizing is that the organization’s board must be primarily low-income members of the community which is experiencing the problem. The same is true in the US, and there are many such small organizations which are supported by the Church through its Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), which provides local and national grants to community-based organizations.