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Water target met - but poorest still thirsting for change
The Millennium Development Goal on water has been met, but progress is patchy and the target on sanitation is still far from being realised, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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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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East Africa Crisis - one year on: your questions answered
What has happened in the year since we launched our East Africa Crisis appeal?
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TAGS: 311.East Africa, 168.Emergencies, 265.Emergency news, 202.Ethiopia, 176.Food, 252.Hunger, 207.Kenya, 263.News, 178.Water, 189.Where we work
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Ethiopia: hopeful the worst has passed
“I used to have 30 cattle before, but I lost 16 to the drought”
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Materials explaining what the millennium development goals (MDGs) are and why they are important, as part of CAFOD's ongoing Sharing our World resource.
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TAGS: 171.Health, 177.Millennium Development Goals, 29.Primary, 178.Water
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Nearly a billion people don’t have access to clean water. Diseases caused by dirty water claim more lives than any war.
Every 20 seconds a child dies from diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. -
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UK Aid Match takes CAFOD Lent Appeal to £18.6 million
Tens of thousands of families in the developing world will get access to clean water and improved sanitation to help prevent life-threatening diseases thanks to the match funding from the UK government for all public donations to CAFOD’s annual Lent appeal.
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