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Fighters run amok in Central African Republic 27 Aug 2013 | 04:20 pm
Help us respond to emergencies as soon as they happen>> Fighting in the Central African Republic is causing a devastating humanitarian crisis. More than 250,000 people have been forced from their home...
Preventing disease in the world’s largest refugee camp 19 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
Dadaab in northern Kenya, home to hundreds of thousands of Somalian refugees, is the largest refugee camp in the world. Thanks to your support for our East Africa Crisis appeal, we are working there w...
Voices from Syria: Hama 13 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
Please donate to our Syria Crisis appeal>> My husband and I fled to Lebanon eight months ago because of the war in Syria. I was heavily pregnant. My daughter Maya was born just a few days after we arr...
Blogs from Rwanda: the right kind of support 1 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
Girls as well as boys in Rwanda usually wear their hair very short. Presumably it keeps things cool. But it is causing some difficulty for my CAFOD travelling companion Liam (who, as it happens, wears...
Part of the family 30 Jul 2013 | 05:36 pm
Nick Webster, 20 from Liverpool, is part of a group of nine young CAFOD supporters who travelled to Brazil for World Youth Day. They spent the first ten days of their trip in São Paulo visiting CAFOD ...
Talking with Rwanda’s newest bishop 29 Jul 2013 | 06:21 pm
Today we went to speak with Rwanda’s newest bishop, ordained only this past Saturday. The encounter began slowly—like many Rwandans, Bishop Antoine comes across as a little bit shy, but it soon evolve...
Making a House a Home 25 Jul 2013 | 02:34 pm
Amy Armstrong, 24 from Liverpool, is part of a group of nine young CAFOD supporters who have travelled to Brazil for World Youth Day. They spent the first 10 days of their trip in São Paulo. During ou...
Solidarity has no frontiers 25 Jul 2013 | 02:23 am
Amy Armstrong, 24 from Liverpool, is part of a group of nine young CAFOD supporters who have travelled to Brazil for World Youth Day. They spent the first ten days of their trip in São Paulo visiting ...
Welcome to São Paulo 24 Jul 2013 | 07:12 pm
Nick Webster, 20, from Liverpool is part of a group of nine young CAFOD supporters who have travelled to Brazil for World Youth Day. They spent the first ten days of their trip in São Paulo visiting C...
Rwanda: The faces behind the numbers 24 Jul 2013 | 03:46 pm
Dr Karen Kilby is a member of CAFOD’s Theological Reference Group, which meets regularly to discuss themes and issues of importance to CAFOD’s work. Karen is travelling in Rwanda with CAFOD staff at t...