![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_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)
Indonesia
![Indonesian pop star Rafli, lead singer of Kande, performs at a concert for tsunami survivors [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/asia/indonesia/images/indonesian_pop_star_rafli/44930-2-eng-GB/indonesian_pop_star_rafli_medium.jpg)
Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous nation and is home to the largest Muslim community in the world - but has faced unprecedented turmoil
Indonesia has suffered in recent years, beginning with the Asian financial crisis, and the fall of President Suharto.
This was followed by the loss of East Timor, growing separatist pressures in Aceh and West Papua, and then the tsunami.
After its independence in 1945, people in the Aceh region became disaffected as they felt the central government, based 1,000 miles away in Jakarta, exploited the poor province’s natural gas resources.
![Juanda works for CAFOD partner, the People's Crisis Centre in Aceh, Indonesia [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/indonesia/images/juanda/3317-2-eng-GB/juanda_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
A student in Aceh who questioned the violence that plagued his country is now running the People's Crisis Centre, which educates children affected by conflict |
![Ali Aulia Ramly, works with refugees for the Jesuit Refugee Service in Aceh, one of Indonesia's three most troubled areas along with East Timor and Irian Jaya. [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/asia/indonesia/ali_aulia_ramly/3415-1-eng-GB/ali_aulia_ramly_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Aceh is working towards creating a society where people can live without fear of being forced out of their homes |
![Indonesian pop star Rafli, lead singer of Kande, performs at a concert for tsunami survivors [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/asia/indonesia/images/indonesian_pop_star_rafli/44930-2-eng-GB/indonesian_pop_star_rafli_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
 Nobel Prize highlights challenge to peace in Aceh CAFOD congratulates former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in resolving conflict across the world through mediation and diplomacy |
More than 116 million people – one per cent of the world’s population – took action against poverty on October 17-19. Thank you to all those who were part of this historic event |
