http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton Read more http://www.cafod.org.uk/var/storage/images/get-involved/uk/images/northampton-diocese/cafod-northampton-s-office/83259-2-eng-GB/cafod-northampton-s-office_small.jpg http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton http://www.cafod.org.uk/uk/northampton/panels/read-more/northampton-blogs-feed http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/pitsford-pupils-give-water/ Year 11 pupils at Pitsford School have been fundraising for CAFOD since the start of the academic year and have managed to raise a staggering £984.59 – enough to provide a whole community with a clean water supply. Their school is close to Pitsford Reservoir which provides Northampton with clean water, so providing a community [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5659 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/2011-in-review/ The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for our blogsite. We want to share this with all of you.  It was a great year for CAFOD Northampton.  Thanks for your continued support.  We look forward to our 50th year of celebration as the official development and relief organisation of the church here [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5656 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/tillies-sweets/ The Parishioners of St Anselm’s in Earls Barton have been guessing the number of sweets Tillie had managed to fit in her jar. Over the past month their guesses have helped raise funds to support CAFOD’s work with those in need around the world.  Tillie wanted to make a difference and after discussing what she [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5650 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/how-st-dunstan%e2%80%99s-virtual-village-became-real/ Parishioners of St Dunstan’s parish in Bourne End have raised over £5,000 towards building and kitting out a whole “virtual” village. The story of “our village” actually starts in another Church.  Whilst Suzannah Goode, our Parish Secretary, was thumbing through CAFOD’s World Gifts Catalogue last year, she noted the article about a virtual village created [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5632 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/williams-4-cafod/ On Saturday 17th September, I ran for 4km to raise money for CAFOD. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me. I have raised just over £600. I had a fantastic time up in Newcastle. I came 22nd out of 339 runners in the 13-14 year old boys and I completed the run in 15 [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5624 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/tea-time-for-change/ Marie Pennell from St Teresa’s, Princes Risborough, writes> We had a great day in London lobbing our MP on behalf of CAFOD and those in need around the world. We arrived at Westminister Hall about 11am it was very busy as there were over 1200 supporters from a number  of charities (CAFOD, Action Aid, Christain [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5607 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/st-theresas-walk-for-rwanda/ Parishioners from St Teresa of the Child Jesus, Princes Risborough have just completed a 10 km and 5 km sponsored walk for their Connect2 Rwanda project and so far they have collected over £900. It was a lovely walk around the Chiltern woods and 25 people took part including the entire CAFOD group and a [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5216 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/frank-heads-for-peru/ CAFOD Diocesan Manager, Frank Sudlow, has just returned from meeting CAFOD Partners in Peru.  He writes: Throughout my journey I have tried to relate some of my experiences in photos and words on this site. I invite you to join me with your comments. To see something of the work we support in Peru, click [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5227 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/combatiing-hiv-and-aids-in-lima-peru/ “Si, da Vida” – “Yes to Life” – is a small organization set up by Cathal Gallagher, a Columban Missionary. They operate a very successful HIV prevention project in the poverty belt that surrounds Lima. The project uses a programme for the self management of chronic diseases, applied here for those living with HIV and [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5545 http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/machu-picchu-peru/ Machu Picchu was built by the Inca – the ruler of the Quechua people – in the 15th century, shortly before the Spanish arrived.  It was never occupied by the Spanish, but was abandoned as the Spanish took control of Cusco and the surrounding area.  However, the first European to visit the site did not do so [...] http://cafodnorthampton.wordpress.com/?p=5567