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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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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News
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Tell the UK government: "Don't water down the Bribery Act"
On Monday, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke signalled that the implementation of the Bribery Act would be put on hold due to lobbying by the business community.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
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Climate finance: You asked, the EU listened
In the run up to the international climate change talks in Cancun last year, you took action to demand more information for the world’s poorest. You called on UK Chancellor George Osborne to push the EU to open up about the money pledged to help poor countries cope with climate change. Thanks to your efforts, the EU opened up with a new annual report, the ‘Fast Start Finance Report’. During the Cancun talks, they published the first of these reports, which gave extra details about the €2.2 billion the EU mobilised to combat climate change throughout 2010.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
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Haiti: How the debt was dropped
In response to Haiti's devastating earthquake, hundreds of you added your voices to an international outcry calling for the country’s debt to be cancelled. Your voices have now been heard.
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West Africa: acting now to prevent catastrophe
More than 18 million people across Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Chad are facing a devastating food crisis. We have pledged £300,000 to respond.
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TAGS: 265.Emergency news, 263.News, 215.Niger, 172.Poverty and wealth
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Ethiopia: building hope for the future
Thanks to your amazing generosity, we are helping families to survive the current drought – and to prepare for an uncertain future.
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Bangladesh floods: our response
August 2011: Severe monsoon rains in Bangladesh have caused several major rivers to burst their banks, affecting nearly one million people.
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The Twelve Wise Men weaving co-operative in Guatemala was so named because it was started by just a dozen men, but has grown so much that its wares are now sold all over the country
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Kenya: Drought hits Cattle Mountains
“Food aid has ensured our survival," says Le Patina Lentokoko. "But the food is limited... The drought will continue, but if there is no rain by September, people will die.”
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Haiti: IMF debt cancelled in full
CAFOD welcomes the recent announcement by The International Monetary Fund to cancel all of Haiti’s debts still owed to the Fund. The cancellation wipes out US$268 million - the largest remaining component of Haiti's debt.
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