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Hands On – Water is life
Antony Mbandi, the Director of our local partner Caritas Kitui, stopped by to talk to us about Hands On – our new project in Kitui. Thank you for helping Antony and the community in Kitui work towards...
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Hands On: See the progress being made in Kitui
Antony Mbandi, the Director of our partner Caritas Kitui has been visiting the UK. We grabbed a few minutes to chat to him about Hands On and why the project is so important. Progress and project...
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Hands On: You’re never too small nor too big
Hands On update 4 – September 2014 “You’re never too small nor too big to give” – Antony Mbandi Antony, who we interviewed last month for your update, is very hopeful about the future of the Kitui...
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CAFOD’s partner CEAS presents at World Water Week
Katie Spooner, our Water and Environment Advisor, has been talking to Monica Lazaro from CAFOD’s partner CEAS about her presentation at the World Water Week event in Stockholm. CEAS is the official...
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Hands On: One step closer
Hands On update 5 – October 2014 Welcome to those who have recently got hands on with our water project in Kitui. Thanks to your commitment, we have already raised a fantastic £52,964. This is enough...
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One Climate, One World: Eco-warrior. Who, me?
This blog – by Anne in north London – is the first of a weekly series to launch our One Climate, One World campaign. We can all take small steps to better love our neighbours and care for creation …...
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Hands On: A community transforming
Hands On update 6 – November 2014 You will all have heard of the Ebola crisis that has hit West Africa. CAFOD’s partners on the ground are working hard to stop the spread of this disease and help...
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Getting Hands On in Kitui: the importance of trees
Do you have a New Year’s resolution to do more DIY? The people of Kitui do! Their project is about so much more than sprucing up their home – it will make a huge difference to their lives. And it’s …...
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Step into the Gap Zimbabwe – Day visit to Murehwa
CAFOD’s gap year volunteers in Zimbabwe send their latest update from their journey… Today we were thrilled to be visiting our first CAFOD project in Murehwa, one hour north-east of Harare. On arrival...
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Step into the Gap Zimbabwe – Lizzie & Leila
Lizzie is working as a chaplain at Newman University and Leila is a volunteer at the Good Shepherd in Nelson, respectively. They are both visiting Zimbabwe as part of CAFOD‘s Step into the Gap...
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World Gifts: perfect Christmas presents!
Hannah Patterson is CAFOD’s World Gifts Co-ordinator I have to confess that I started planning for Christmas in July. Not because I’m super-organised, or because I was hoping to bag some bargains, but...
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Signs of success
Hands On Kitui is the first of our special series of projects that allows donors to give monthly and directly support a particular community. Find out how you can get involved in our latest project in...
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Step into the Gap Peru – Water is a precious commodity
Bea Findley, one of CAFOD’s gap year volunteers, has written about how water shortages are affecting communities in Peru: We are about half way through our time in Peru now and I can’t believe it! It’s...
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Step into the Gap Peru – Fiona sees the Year of Mercy in action
Fiona has written from her Step into the Gap visit to Peru about how she is seeing the corporal acts of mercy in action in CAFOD’s work: During this Year of Mercy, we are called to act upon the...
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Step into the Gap Zimbabwe – The effects of climate change on water
CAFOD gap year volunteer Danielle Storey has written about how climate change is impacting upon water supplies in Zimbabwe. Our 2016 Lent Appeal is focused on providing people with access to water. The...
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Lent 2016: Transforming lives
Rachel McCarthy works in the Theology Programme at CAFOD. She reflects on the Gospel story of the transfiguration and how our global neighbours living in poverty are transforming their lives. “As...
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Lent 2016: Prayers of hope
Rachel McCarthy works in the CAFOD Theology Programme. She reflects on the struggles of our sisters and brothers living in poverty, and how our prayers can make a real difference. Today is Women’s...
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Mother’s Day: Meeting Teko Anna
There was a point when I stood sheltering from those first welcome rains that everything seemed still. It was so strange. Teko Anna’s children running through that heavy roar – Daphne, her...
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Lent 2016: Damian’s river run challenge
Damian Conlin, from our fundraising team, has set himself a Lent challenge to run 5km at least once a week to a local water source. He reflects on how his challenge has helped him think about those who...
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Elly’s Lent challenge: Swimming the length of the English channel!
CAFOD’s Eleanor Heans-Glogowska set herself the challenge of swimming the length of the English Channel over the course of the 40 days of Lent. This Lent I set myself the challenge of swimming 22 miles...
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