www.cafod.org.uk

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CAFOD began when volunteer members of theNational Board of Catholic Women organised a Family Fast Day on Friday 11th March 1960.

They raised money to help a mother and baby health

care scheme in the

Caribbean Island of Dominica.

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The letters in CAFOD stand for…

CAFOD works for all people - whether they are black or white, Christian or Muslim, women or men, young or old. This is because we believe that we are made in God’s image, and God made all people equal.

Now nearly fifty years old, CAFOD is still helping those in need by supporting development and emergency projects all around the world.

It can do this because people in England and Wales give their time and money generously.

CAFOD campaigns to make the world

a fairer place.

We want to get rid of world poverty

by working together with people in need.

We help people to learn about other people, countries and cultures.

Sometimes our job is to work quickly in an emergency. An emergency can be

a natural disaster like droughts, floods and earthquakes.

Or it can be because of ‘conflict’ or fighting.

CAFOD supports people over a

long time by providing better

shelter, water, health care

and education. It also supports

people by teaching them

new skills.

CAFOD supporters raise money in England and Wales. We believe YOU can make a difference!

CAFOD works all over the world.

England & Wales

Latin America

Africa

Asia

The Middle East