Poverty and Hunger
Prayers, liturgy and other resources on the theme of poverty and hunger
![Mothers wait in line to receive food aid at a distribution centre at the village of Yama in northwestern Niger August 3, 2005. [REUTERS/Finbarr O' Reilly courtesy of alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/miscellaneous-image-folders/niger/women-wait-in-line/1244238-1-eng-GB/women-wait-in-line_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: Comfort and protect your people (50.50 kB) A prayer asking for God's love in times of distress. We pray especially at this time for the people of Niger who are facing severe hunger because of poor rains |
![Nawal Mohummed, 26 yrs, making bread. She is a member of a women's group in Zariba, central Sudan, through which she is doing classes in literacy, bread making & farming [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/sudan-bread-and-hands/887782-1-eng-GB/sudan-bread-and-hands_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: the persistent burden of hunger (25.00 kB) A prayer by Fr Ignatius Ikunza, director of the Hakimani Jesuit Centre, a CAFOD partner based in Kenya. |
![Young gold miner in Mongbwalu, DRC [Amelia Bookstein]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/d-r-congo/images/boy-miner/51674-2-eng-GB/boy-miner_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Prayer: The world can't wait (53.00 kB) This prayer asks for the courage to tell those who do not want to listen that action is needed and the world can't wait |
![Mulu is carrying her child on her back in the traditional way with material made from leather and decorated with shells [Almaz]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/ethiopia/images/ethiopia-lives-carrying-child/8986-2-eng-GB/ethiopia-lives-carrying-child_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | A collection of our most popular prayers on the issue of poverty for you to download |
![A girl stands in front of empty granaries at the village of Tangaba in northwestern Niger, where inhabitants ate leaves and grass to survive [Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/images/niger/empty_granaries/48735-3-eng-GB/empty_granaries_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Liturgy: Our daily bread (30.00 kB) A non-Eucharistic liturgy on food and hunger, encouraging us to see the world from the eyes of the hungry |
 | Dedication of a hunger cloth (24.50 kB) Prayer of dedication of the hunger cloth can take place within a larger liturgy, or among a group gathering. Hunger cloths depict a set of stories, usually taken from the gospels |
![Few elderly people manage to reach the relative safety of camps when they flee their homes because of fighting [Charlotte Brudenell ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/elderly-women/163418-2-eng-GB/elderly-women_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Church teaching: poverty (42.50 kB) A selection of quotations from encyclicals, the Catechism and the Catholic bishops of England and Wales on the issue of poverty |
![An Ethiopian woman collecting firewood [EthiopiaLives]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/woman-with-bundle-of-sticks-ethiopia/887992-1-eng-GB/woman-with-bundle-of-sticks-ethiopia_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Scriptures on poverty (43.50 kB) Passages from the bible on the theme of poverty, including the GCSE scripture texts on poverty |
![(Left to right) Richard Cockle, John Corney, Lizzie Cranfield, and Gavin Baxter celebrate together after finishing the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/fundraising_images/sponsored_events/group_great_north_run_2005/10931-2-eng-GB/group_great_north_run_2005_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
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