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In La Palma, El Salvador, 20 artisan painters and carpenters are supporting their families by selling crosses in memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero, and keeping his memory alive.
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DRC: New report questions benefit of AngloGold Ashanti mine project to communities
As protracted negotiations over mining contract awards draw to a close in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new joint report reveals the potential environmental and social impacts of a new mine on local communities.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton pulls out of disputed Philippine project
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has cut ties with a controversial nickel mining project on a Philippine island community, but CAFOD continues call for new consent process.
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Equality is essential if we are to tackle poverty, and both men and women are part of the solution
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Press release: Bishops from across continents walk in solidarity against water poverty
In an image released to mark World Water Day (March 22) bishops from the UK and Zimbabwe walk in support of CAFOD’s Thirst for Change campaign to end water poverty.
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In many countries, only a small proportion of the population is in paid employment, as most people provide for their families through farming or fishing
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Landlessness and poverty are strongly linked - in many countries, a tiny minority of rich people own vast areas of fertile land, while the rest have no land on which to grow food
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Press release: CAFOD warns Government as 1,000 day countdown begins
Catholic aid agency CAFOD will tell the Government and the United Nations on Good Friday that urgent action is required to agree a new global plan to tackle poverty. Good Friday marks exactly 1,000 days until the start of 2015, when the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed a decade ago are due to expire.
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: CAFOD demands release of Peruvian partners held by police
Two CAFOD partners have been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata’s new Tintaya site in Peru. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges comes following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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