Search
-
The DRC is a vast country with immense mineral wealth and natural resources. It is emerging from more than a decade of devastating civil war in which almost four million people died and as many as half a million women and girls have been victims of extreme sexual violence carried out by armed groups.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 167.Peace and conflict, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 197.DR Congo -
Devastated by years of conflict, young Liberians are now starting to learn what life is like in peacetime.
-
Over two thirds of Mozambique's people live below the poverty line, with more than half the population living on less than $1 a day.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 212.Mozambique, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 212.Mozambique -
As part of the Catholic community, we work in four key ways.
-
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.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 316.Latin America & Caribbean, 218.Peru, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 218.Peru -
Since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel following the 1967 Six-day War, Palestinians have seen their standard of living fall; today, almost three-quarters of the population lives below the UN poverty line.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 167.Peace and conflict, 227.West Bank and Gaza, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 227.West Bank and Gaza -
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.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
RELATED TAGS: 287.Extractives, 263.News, 218.Peru, 328.Press release -
Press release: One year on from the Horn and East Africa food crisis
One year on from the Horn and East Africa food crisis Last year more than 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and the newly-formed Republic of South Sudan were left in need of food, water and emergency healthcare because of one of the worst droughts in 60 years.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 311.East Africa, 207.Kenya, 263.News, 328.Press release
RELATED TAGS: 311.East Africa, 328.Press release -
9 July 2011 marked a momentous occasion – the birth of South Sudan as an independent nation. But the world’s newest country urgently needs support if it is to achieve lasting peace and prosperity.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 165.Aid, 167.Peace and conflict, 223.South Sudan, 246.What is CAFOD, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 223.South Sudan -
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world and CAFOD has been supporting communities there since the late 1980s.
[#Article]
% - 01/01/1970 01:00 am
TAGS: 190.Afghanistan, 189.Where we work
RELATED TAGS: 190.Afghanistan
Search took: 383 msecs, using eZ Find 2.7.0 search plugin © 1999-2012 eZ Systems AS, powered by Apache Solr 3.5
Related content
Default list
Single gift
Find prayers, liturgies and theological reflections in our unique prayer resources section
