![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)
Unearth Justice campaign
Mining can all too often be a cause of conflict, environmental destruction and toxic pollution. This campaign highlights the hidden harms
When new mines are developed, communities are threatened and forced from their lands and homes.
Rivers and streams close to mines are polluted with cyanide, hillsides and fields devastated - and the damage lasts long after mines have closed.
CAFOD is calling on governments and mining companies to end this injustice, and give poor communities much greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits.
We also work with partners are supporting poor communities to stand up for their rights.
![Small-scale miners work in treacherous conditions at Kanga-Usine mine, Democratic Republic of Congo [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/gold-pledge-miner/80972-2-eng-GB/gold-pledge-miner_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Stop dangerous mines - email your pension fund If 6,000 people email their pension fund, we could have £540m of financial power to pressure mining companies with - so, as well as taking action yourself, please send the action to up to six friends |
![People from nine parishes, three schools and a university handed in gold chain petition in Plymouth, September 2006.[Stuart Matthews]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/plymouth-chain/83569-2-eng-GB/plymouth-chain_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
Find out how jewellery retailers are beginning to take steps to clean up the gold mining industry, thanks to pressure from CAFOD campaigners |
![A child gold miner in the DRC [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/a-child-gold-miner-in-the-drc/227414-3-eng-GB/a-child-gold-miner-in-the-drc_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
The top ten questions and answers about the new Unearth Justice action to pension funds. What's it for? Will it work? What can I do to help? |
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In poor parts of the world, extractive industries are often a cause of conflict, suffering, and dangerous pollution |
![Group of miners in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/campaigning/unearth-justice/images/drc-mining/68974-2-eng-GB/drc-mining_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Bishops say “Congo not for sale” The Congolese Bishops' Conference has spoken out against "corruption and exploitation" in a government review of more than 60 mining contracts |
 Honduras: Mining reform under threat Keith Hill MP backs CAFOD’s call to the Honduran government not to water down new mining laws, which have reached a critical stage of debate in its Congress |
![Elena Rosemary & Maira Lisette from Palos Ralos, which was relocated to make way for the Entre Mares goldmine [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/honduras/images/children-from-mining-communities/69270-9-eng-GB/children-from-mining-communities_0column75_nospace_landscape.jpg)
