Youth leaders
Information and resources for youth leaders, chaplains, volunteers and others that work with young people
The CAFOD youth team works directly with those who have face-to-face contact with young people, and aims to produce resources to best serve your needs, as well as training and support in all aspects of youth work relating to global justice.
To find out more, please contact us at: youth@cafod.org.uk
![]() Great Generation Weekend (1.89 MB) Young adults from England and Wales who participated in WYD2008 are invited to a special weekend with CAFOD in November to meet like-minded people from all over the country - download this info sheet and application form |
![]() World Youth Day challenges (24.03 kB) For those dull moments in the queue for food… whilst you’re waiting for your catechesis to start… when you’re squashed on public transport… once you’ve nabbed your spot for the vigil… The WYDSYD challenge is here! |
![]() New climate action - email your MP today
MPs are examining the Climate Change Bill now before Parliament finally votes on it. |
![]() Help in the fight to save Brazilian heritage Please sign a petition asking the Brazilian government and its Supreme Court to uphold the constitution, which promises land rights for the indigenous people of the Amazon. We need at least another 800 signatures before July 28 so, even if you have already taken it, please email your friends about it too! |


![Young people sharing their views in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/ethiopia/images/daniel_abate_addis_ababa/9133-2-eng-GB/daniel_abate_addis_ababa_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/kenya/images/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow/290005-2-eng-GB/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow_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)


![Sydney Harbour [Tourism New South Wales]](/var/storage/images/resources/youth-leaders/wyd/panels/resources-to-download/world-youth-day-challenges/sydney-harbour/748006-1-eng-GB/sydney-harbour_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)

![Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]](/var/storage/images/where_we_work/africa/kenya/images/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow/290005-2-eng-GB/gabriel_murwa_and_his_wife_with_their_last_remaining_cow_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
![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)
![Indigenous people's rights are being undermined and ignored by the rich and powerful [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media_folder/cafod/images/international_images/latin_america_caribbean/brazil/macuxi_boy_with_cattle/241714-2-eng-GB/macuxi_boy_with_cattle_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)


