Working with other faiths

Iranian man outside home devastated by earthquake in Bam. [Caritas]

CAFOD works with all people, regardless of their race, gender, religion or politics - this includes partnering with aid agencies from other faiths

In 2003 we made a significant commitment to our interfaith work by signing an historic Memorandum of Understanding with Islamic Relief Worldwide – pledging to support each other’s joint emergency work and to strengthen communications.

Thanks to this agreement, when a massive earthquake struck in Iran in December 2003, CAFOD was immediately able to send £100,000 to Islamic Relief Worldwide, whose staff worked with the Iranian Red Crescent to provide emergency relief to some of the 70,000 families left homeless in Bam.

In the aftermath of the earthquake, CAFOD contributed a further £60,000 to Islamic Relief Worldwide for a programme to construct 400 temporary all-weather and earthquake-resistant houses in Bam.

Below is a list of some of the other agencies we work closely with:

SCIAF >>
Trocaire >>
Catholic Relief Services >>
Progressio >>
Christian Aid >>
Islamic Relief >>

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