CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales

Thank you so much, for your incredible support this Lent. Your amazing fundraising and inspiring passion for our Thirst for Change campaign has been overwhelming.

Your donations will make an enormous difference. It means we can build more water pumps, dig more boreholes and improve sanitation, giving the poorest people a chance to live with dignity and to flourish.

Our Lent appeal is now closed but it’s not too late to send in what you raised from your fundraising activities between 17 February and 17 May. Send it in as soon as possible so we can add it to the Lent total!


Featured resources

Download the guide to Give it up!

Help someone like Angel in three steps

Lenten calendar and daily actions

Get involved with Give it up! this Lent

Get young people fundraising!

Encourage young people to fundraise with these ideas and activities.

Great Generation: fundraising for young leaders

Resources and tools for young leaders

More resources

A-Z of fundraising ideas

Stuck for ideas? This handy guide will help you turn every situation into a fundraising opportunity!

CAFOD Quiz

Everything you need to run a CAFOD Quiz fundraising event for young people

River of life activity poster

Pledge your Lenten promise

Testing the water

5-10 min word games, factoids and other activities

Making a model water filter

Discover how many get clean water

World Gifts

A great way to fundraise as a school or youth group - create a Virtual Village!

Great Generation: fundraising for young leaders

Resources and tools for young leaders

Facts from the taps

All you need to know about water poverty

Published on 09/03/2011, last updated on 18/05/2012

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