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Despite natural resources such as oil, tin, iron and coal, more than 70% of Nigeria’s population lives on less than $1 per day. Many still don’t have access to basic needs such as health, water and sanitation, and education.
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Almost 40 million people live in poverty in Pakistan, a region subject to frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and cyclones.
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Why work with CAFOD? We're not an average workplace!
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TAGS: 185.International jobs, 184.UK jobs, 183.Volunteering
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As one of the poorest countries in South America, Paraguay has huge social inequalities – two per cent of the population owns over 85 per cent of land and one in four people lives in poverty.
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CAFOD has worked in Peru since 1968. Our programme has been shaped by two main influences: our relationship with the Catholic Church and the internal conflict of 1980-2000.
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TAGS: 316.Latin America & Caribbean, 218.Peru, 189.Where we work
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This archipelago of 7,000 islands covers 300,000 km, and is populated by 88.5 million people - but 43 per cent survive on less than $2 per day.
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TAGS: 219.Philippines, 189.Where we work
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The infamous Rwandan genocide of 1994 seems long ago, but the future still remains bleak and uncertain for most of its survivors - it is only now that many have begun mourning their loved ones.
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Sierra Leone is still recovering from a long, bitter and vicious civil war which devastated communities and the lives of its citizens.
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TAGS: 258.Sierra Leone, 189.Where we work
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Decades of violent conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government ended in victory for the government forces in May 2009. But the wounds are not yet healed.
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Although more peaceful than its neighbours – thanks to a sense of nationhood instilled by its famous socialist founding father Julius Nyere – Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the region, with life expectancy just 46.
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