![Young people sharing their views in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/ethiopia/images/daniel_abate_addis_ababa/9133-2-eng-GB/daniel_abate_addis_ababa_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/kenya/images/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow/290005-2-eng-GB/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/campaign_images/trade_justice_campaign_images/embassy_bus/199633-2-eng-GB/embassy_bus_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Niccollette and Shrirvanie film the aftermath of the Guyanan floods, with support from CAFOD partner Guyana Human Rights Association [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/what-we-do/communications/images/after-guyana-floods/679742-1-eng-GB/after-guyana-floods_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Emergencies
![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_1column50_12space_landscape.jpg)
CAFOD is responding to emergencies all over the world, reacting immediately by working through local organisations before, during and after the initial emergency.
As well as helping people to recover and build a better life, we also help local communities prepare for future disasters.
![A woman recieves a food pack from CAFOD's partner in Siraro Arsi, southern Ethiopia [Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/ethiopia/images/woman-recieving-food/794260-1-eng-GB/woman-recieving-food_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Ethiopians exposed to hungry season Meeting women in the West Arsi zone of Ethiopia, who come to find supplementary food for their malnourished babies |
![A vendor wades through knee-deep floodwaters as a bus passes after Typhoon Fengshen pelted Metro Manila with torrential rain and high winds June 22, 2008 [REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/philippines/images/floodwaters-after-typhoon-fengshen-/771596-1-eng-GB/floodwaters-after-typhoon-fengshen-_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Typhoon Fengshen: CAFOD partners assisting CAFOD partners in the Philippines are helping those affected by the devastating typhoon which swept across the country on Saturday, June 21 |
![Community meeting in Gambiza, Zimbabwe, held as part of a seed distribution project supported by CAFOD [Alessandra Magri]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/zimbabwe/images/community-meeting-in-gambiza-zimbabwe/707522-1-eng-GB/community-meeting-in-gambiza-zimbabwe_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) CAFOD suspends all Zimbabwe work Following instructions from the Zimbabwean government for all aid agencies to suspend their field-based operations - in particular, food distribution - CAFOD sadly feels it is necessary to suspend all programmes in the country |
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Watch how CAFOD helped survivors of the Pakistan earthquake, and how interfaith work with Islamic Relief in Iran and Lebanon got help to those that needed it most |
Caritas has teamed up with Action for Churches Together in Darfur, Sudan to help people displaced by the conflict |
The local Catholic Church were quick to respond in Central America when Hurricane Stan made more than 200,000 people homeless |
