Emergency Appeals
![A Red Crescent official loads medicine from Egypt into vehicles to send to the Rafah Strip [Reuters, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/palestinian-territories/images/medicine-from-egypt/978848-3-eng-GB/medicine-from-egypt_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
Following almost a month of conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, more than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed and many thousands injured, overwhelming local hospitals |
![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
CAFOD partners are helping thousands of people suffering in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to a drastic deterioration of the humanitarian situation |
![Nontobeko Nkomo and Mongameli, aged two, at Empandeni Primary School, Zimbabwe. The lack of food is reaching a critical level - many families are starving [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/zimbabwe/images/nontobeko_nkomo_and_mongameli_aged_two/191744-3-eng-GB/nontobeko_nkomo_and_mongameli_aged_two_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
CAFOD continues to meet the ongoing needs of ordinary people in Zimbabwe |
![Koye Kora, who has two daughters to provide for, has already lost five of her ten cows during the drought [Astrid De Valon/Trocaire ]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/ethiopia/woman-with-cow/769632-1-eng-GB/woman-with-cow_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
CAFOD is supporting partners providing vital support to 4.5 million people affected by the harvest failure in Ethiopia, and the surrounding region |
![A women in Hassa Hissa camp, near Zalingei, west Darfur. [Paul Jeffrey]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/woman-in-hassa-hissa-camp/286979-1-eng-GB/woman-in-hassa-hissa-camp_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Darfur & Chad Emergency - latest The ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan is getting much worse, and has spread into neighbouring Chad. As the number of people in desperate need increases, CAFOD simply cannot walk away |
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CAFOD has been training people in kitchen gardening and how to look after livestock, as well as installing new water systems in Pakistan following the 2005 earthquake |
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CAFOD has spent more than £30 million of tsunami funds, helping people in Sri Lanka, India and Aceh, Indonesia piece their lives and livelihoods back together |
 | Bangladesh Cyclone 2007: Latest updates CAFOD is working with its partners to provide emergency relief for the survivors of Cyclone Sidr, which struck on November 15, 2007 |
