![Nasreen in her vegetable garden, Pakistan. [Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/pakistan/images/nasreen/908662-1-eng-GB/nasreen_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)
What is RSS
RSS stands for 'Really Simple Syndication'. This means that the latest news items from your favourite website are downloaded straight to your computer.
The web page you see when you click on the orange RSS button is an RSS feed - a special kind of web page, designed to be read by computers rather than people.
RSS allows you to see when sites from all over the internet have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and articles (or even audio files, photographs or video) in one place, as soon as they are published, without having to remember to visit each site every day.
How do I start using RSS feeds?
What you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds from websites of your choice and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Once you have chosen a news reader, you need to decide what content you want to receive, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds. For example, if you would like the latest CAFOD news, simply click on the orange RSS box in the blue news bar on the home page.
Depending on news reader you have you will either have to copy the URL of the RSS feed page into a specific field (for example in a window you get when you click something like Add feed) or you can just drag the orange box and drop it into the area where your RSS feeds are displayed (e.g Firefox).
News feeders for download
Windows
Newz Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu
Mac OS X
Newsfire
NetNewsWire
Web
Bloglines
My Yahoo!
NewsGator
Browser
Mozilla Firefox
![More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/colombia/images/forced-to-flee-their-homes-/778622-1-eng-GB/forced-to-flee-their-homes-_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Support our partners in their struggle CAFOD has repeatedly asked the UK government to press the Colombian authorities to publicly defend human rights. Please support this call to action and the work of our partners in Colombia by emailing your MP now. YOU can make a difference |
![The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/asia/sri_lanka/fisherman_throwing_net/2862-2-eng-GB/fisherman_throwing_net_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
A regular donation or gift from you to support CAFOD's charity work can help end poverty. |
 Shop for your Christmas cards and gifts Fairly-traded Christmas cards and gifts make wonderful presents for friends and family, while supporting our vital work at the same time |
![Moruk (far right) farms watermelons with his friends, after turning his back on a life dealing in black market goods [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/east-timor/images/moruk-watermelon-farmer/910748-1-eng-GB/moruk-watermelon-farmer_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
