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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.
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TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 167.Peace and conflict, 189.Where we work
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Plans for a massive expansion of Colombia’s mining industry could cost the country dear.
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TAGS: 196.Colombia, 328.Press release
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Love truth: open up the books on mineral extraction
On 13 February, CAFOD and other members of the Publish What You Pay coalition called on businesses to 'love truth' and to open up the books as part of a global day of action.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
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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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Protecting campaigners essential for transparency
CAFOD is calling for action to halt the suppression of groups and individuals working for change in the extractives industry in developing countries
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Women are growing healthy food for their families in São Lourenço near Recife, Brazil - and also earning an income from the surplus they grow
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South Africa: Faith leaders condemn climate "apartheid"
Calls for decisive action from world leaders at the Copenhagen climate talks by the South African Faith Communities Environment Institute
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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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The new Good Samaritans: faith groups lead the way in caring for sick people
The Catholic Church marks World Day of the Sick on February 11th — the day on which the church commemorates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Jane Lennon, CAFOD's HIV Network Coordinator, explains why prayer, donations and action are still so important to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
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TAGS: 171.Health, 98.Health and social care, 264.International news, 263.News
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A collection of our most popular prayers on the issue of poverty
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TAGS: 79.Group, 310.On your own, 172.Poverty and wealth, 349.Pray, 153.Prayer
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