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Take a Step for Fairtrade Fortnight in 2012
The Fairtrade Foundation and CAFOD are challenging people to take a step for Fairtrade Fortnight, 27 February to 11 March 2012. What can you do to make a difference to the lives of farmers in the developing world who grow the products you buy?
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 174.Trade and Fairtrade
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Unearth Justice campaign: tough action on pollution
Mining is often a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. Since 2006, you have been calling on companies and governments to end this injustice, and give poor communities a greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits, as part of our Unearth Justice campaign. Find out how our actions are seeing results.
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Climate change: facing the challenge
Climate change is a reality and it’s affecting our work worldwide. Here, two CAFOD staff reflect on how the communities they work with are coping with extreme weather.
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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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"Conflict sensitivity" in emergencies
"If you’re trying to help people whose homes are knee-deep in water, your priority is to respond quickly," says CAFOD's Anne Street, “but it’s really important to take the context into account, or you can end up making things worse."
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TAGS: 265.Emergency news, 263.News
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Songs of Praise comes to CAFOD
In June, the BBC religious broadcasting flagship, Songs of Praise came to CAFOD. For a special programme on the weather and environment the show’s host Aled Jones interviewed CAFOD’s climate specialist Dr Mike Edwards.
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CAFOD supporter responds to report ‘slamming’ aid
Jim Quinn, CAFOD supporter writes in response to research on the aid budget published by Politics Home and YouGov@Cambridge, Wednesday 22 June.
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Urgent warning about email scams
CAFOD supporters should beware email scams currently being circulated, claiming to be from our organisation
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International Women's Day: Mary Luz's story
Threatened. Kidnapped. Exiled. Just some of the hardships Mary Luz Avendaño has experienced - because she is a journalist.
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TAGS: 196.Colombia, 319.Gender, 264.International news, 263.News
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Pedro Landa, deputy director of Caritas Tegucigalpa, works to ensure local people have more control over their lives and can make their voices heard by the Honduran government
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