How much does CAFOD spend on administration and generating funds?
What does CAFOD spend money on?
Does the money reach the people for whom it is intended?
How does CAFOD decide which project or programme to fund?
Why does CAFOD spend a percentage of its funds on education, campaigning and public policy work?
Does CAFOD only fund Catholic organisations?
Why doesn’t CAFOD work with poor people in the UK?
How many people work for CAFOD?
![A child waits in front of an improvised kitchen on the side of the road outside Mvurwi village, about 81 miles west of Harare - May 2008 [REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/emergencies/zimbabwe-crisis/archbishop-2008-09-17/child-with-kitchen/902046-1-eng-GB/child-with-kitchen_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Following the historic Zimbabwe power-sharing agreement, the Archbishop of Harare has called for "a lot of courage and a lot of humility" from its leaders to turn the crisis-hit country around
![Katja Jewell, North Wales Diocesan Manager, with a young CAFOD supporter [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/images/uk_diocesan_images/wales/unearth_justice/75017-3-eng-GB/unearth_justice_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Across England and Wales, we are a network of communities putting faith into action. Our teams campaign at a local and national level, and work to get media coverage for our work locally
![In 1960, the National Board of Catholic Women organised the first Family Fast Day, to assist poor families in Dominica [J Stuyt]](/var/storage/images/miscellaneous-image-folders/dominica/1962-fast-day-for-dominica/6777-2-eng-GB/1962-fast-day-for-dominica_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
CAFOD is greatly saddened to learn that one of the founding members of CAFOD, Jacqueline Stuyt (formally Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson), has passed away at the age of 88
![Children dance together at a children's home supported by Caritas in North Korea [Tim Aldred]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/asia/north_korea/children_dancing/3086-1-eng-GB/children_dancing_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Belonging to networks means CAFOD can share its resources and be confident that those relationships are built on strong shared values and vision
![Supporting poor families in Dominica - the first focus of Family Fast Day [J Stuyt]](/var/storage/images/miscellaneous-image-folders/dominica/dominica-1962/6693-3-eng-GB/dominica-1962_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
How CAFOD started out as Family Fast Day to help with a mother-and-baby healthcare programme in Dominica, but quickly grew to a global reach
![(From left) Hannah Tesfamasiam, Janet Bridge, Meselu Merhawit, Jen Jones and Letyesus share their love of making quilts [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/ethiopia/images/making-quilts/702358-1-eng-GB/making-quilts_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
An Ethiopian nun and CAFOD partner has urged international leaders to take bolder actions to help bring equality and justice to the world
![Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, the Archbishop of Kigali (left), and Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga, the Bishop of Kibungo - both from Rwanda [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/popes_bishops_priests_and_religious/archbishop_thaddee_ntihinyurwa_and_bishop_frederic_rubwejanga/195381-1-eng-GB/archbishop_thaddee_ntihinyurwa_and_bishop_frederic_rubwejanga_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Putting the lost years of the genocide behind them is vital if the Rwandan people are to build a future together, but learning to live together is not easy
![Fabio Benavides, Caritas Colombia's advocacy officer [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/colombia/images/fabio-benavides/229809-2-eng-GB/fabio-benavides_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
CAFOD's partners are striving for peace in Colombia, but there is a lot of work to be done first, explains Fabio Benavides of Caritas Colombia
