![Refugees gather at a makeshift camp near Kibati, 12 km north of the provincial capital of Goma, October 29, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/dr-congo/images/refugees-who-fled-fighting/934156-2-eng-GB/refugees-who-fled-fighting_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)
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 can be forced from their lands and homes.
Rivers and streams close to mines can be polluted and hillsides and fields devastated, with damage lasting long after mines have closed.
CAFOD is calling on governments and mining companies to end this injustice, and give poor communities a greater say in whether mining is allowed, how it operates, and who benefits.
We also work with local organisations who are supporting poor communities to stand up for their rights.
Please sign our petition calling on the world's largest mining company to listen to communities in the Philippines worried about the effect mining will have on their land - plus send a personal message of solidarity to the people of Macambol |
![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 |
![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 |
 Trying to save their way of life
The close-knit community of Macambol in the Philippines is under threat from a large mining development |
![A couple walk through flood waters in Sula Valley, northern Honduras. [ERIC]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/honduras/images/people-in-river/940506-1-eng-GB/people-in-river_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg) Honduras on red alert following floods Hopes of an end to the devastating floods in Honduras have been crushed as many parts of the country are once again on red alert |
![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)
