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Campaigns successes: A big thank you for everything in 2011
In a year of economic uncertainty and social change in the UK, CAFOD campaigners stood tall, calling for decision makers and those in power to fight injustice. Here are some of the highlights we enjoyed together.
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Don’t drop the ball: Over 10,000 cards go to Osborne!
On a seasonally cold Monday morning on 28 November, CAFOD Director, Chris Bain alongside CAFOD supporters and staff came together outside 11 Downing Street to present Don’t Drop the Ball action cards to George Osborne.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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Hundreds of people from all over Africa are joining a “Caravan of Hope”, which is covering more than 4,000 miles and 10 countries en route to the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
Follow the ' Caravan of Hope' live on twitter, and read blogs from some of the people involved >>
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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UN's Yvo de Boer says NGO work on climate talks has been "incredible"
In an exclusive interview with CAFOD, outgoing UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer spoke of the "incredible" work of NGOs and faith-based organisations on climate change.
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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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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 282.media, 328.Press release, 178.Water
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Press release: Consett School sends shoes to Kenya
Children at St Patrick’s Primary School in Consett have donated more than 60 pairs of shoes to children living in the Korogocho Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, after a special visit from the ‘Barefoot Runner’.
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Press release: Barefoot Torchbearer hailed as ‘Olympic Hero’ in Kenya
An Olympic Torchbearer from Consett, County Durham, has been hailed as the first hero of London 2012 after handing over his torch to children in a slum 8,000 kilometres away in Kenya.
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CAFOD earns ‘rapid response’ status for humanitarian emergencies
The Department for International Development (DfID) has appointed CAFOD as one of the first UK aid agencies to pre-qualify to receive government funds when an international crisis strikes.
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“Conditions are very, very bad. This is the worst situation I’ve seen in Niger," says CAFOD's Michel Monginda Mondengele.
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“I tie rope around my stomach,” says 70-year-old Ayapan, “and then I drink hot water. That is how I cope with hunger.”
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TAGS: 311.East Africa, 265.Emergency news, 207.Kenya, 263.News
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