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A new life for São Paulo’s poorest families
Over the last 4 years, CAFOD’s Urban Programme in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city has helped over 8,730 poor families escape the poverty trap and find new life and dignity.
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TAGS: 193.Brazil, 238.Connect2, 264.International news, 263.News
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UK government doubles support for water and sanitation
Parishes and schools across the country will be delighted by the announcement today that the UK government is to double its support for water and sanitation projects in the world’s poorest countries.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 250.Sanitation, 130.Thirst for change, 178.Water
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Urgent call for new rules which put morality at heart of financial system
Bishops, business leaders and the Catholic community in England and Wales are all calling for companies to ‘open up their books’ to help prevent corruption and enable poor communities to benefit from the wealth generated by natural resources, such as minerals, oil and gas.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
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Thirst for change: Over 60,000 actions presented at sunrise solidarity walk for water
On Tuesday 15 May, a delegation of CAFOD supporters delivered over 60,000 Thirst for change actions to No. 10 Downing Street, calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to turn the tide on water poverty.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 130.Thirst for change, 178.Water
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CAFOD earns ‘rapid response’ status for humanitarian emergencies
The Department for International Development (DfID) has appointed CAFOD as one of the first UK aid agencies to pre-qualify to receive government funds when an international crisis strikes.
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TAGS: 165.Aid, 265.Emergency news, 263.News
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Bishop of Middlesbrough supports CAFOD’s Give It Up! campaign
Bishop Drainey of Middlesbrough Diocese travelled to Colombia, where he met Amparo and her community. Here he reflects on his experiences and says why he's supporting Give it Up! this Lent.
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Cardinal Turkson speaks on economic crisis and human flourishing
HE Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, is coming to the UK to deliver a lecture entitled “The Gospel and Social Teaching: On the Economic Crisis, Human Flourishing and Church Ministry”.
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Chris Bain elected president of CIDSE
CAFOD’s director, Chris Bain has recently been elected president of CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies.
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The Comprehensive Spending Review: CAFOD’s response
CAFOD welcomes today’s historic announcement, which reconfirms the UK Government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid from 2013.
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For over five months, we’ve been taking to the pews and the pavements to call on the new government to Act on Poverty, and this weekend it’s our final chance.
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