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Almost a third of Cambodia’s 14 million people live on less than half a US dollar a day. Spiraling inflation has caused sharp rises in the cost of food, and property investors have forced many poor communities from their homes and land, leaving them with no way to grow food or make a living.

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A day in the life of a Gapper: Laurence

Laurence is spending the UK part of his CAFOD Step into the gap year at Cardinal Newman Catholic School in East Sussex. Here's a glimpse of the kind of experience you might expect on this gap year partnership.

100 major charities launch joint campaign to tackle hunger trap

Hunger and malnutrition in childhood will trap almost a billion young people in poverty by 2025, according to a major new campaign, launched today by Britain’s leading development charities and faith groups. ‘Enough Food for Everyone IF’ is the largest coalition of its kind in the UK since Make Poverty History in 2005.

Durban COP17: Crunch time for climate talks?

The upcoming United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa will be dominated by a question hanging over the future of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) which expires at the end of next year.

Get the latest on the talks from CAFOD’s team on the ground>>