![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)
Fast Day: Go the extra mile - your money will too
People don’t want to have to rely on outside help whenever there are problems, so providing sustainable livelihoods is key to this aim
If they live in an area prone to floods or drought for example, they want to have enough control over their lives to live through the disruption and continue to earn a living, buy or grow food, have a decent roof over their heads and send their children to school.
They also want to look to the future in the knowledge that their children can live like this too, when they have their own families – and that their generation won‘t have destroyed this hope by using up all the natural resources around them.
CAFOD helps people to achieve sustainable livelihoods and to have more control over their lives for now and for the future.
Teacher activity notes (2.41 MB)
This resource for use in the classroom or with a youth group takes a closer look at the theme of sustainable livelihoods
Students activity notes (242.01 kB)
This resource for use in the classroom or with a youth group takes a closer look at the theme of sustainable livelihoods
Liturgy for Walk the World (454.94 kB)
This assembly for helps to prepare students - beginning with the sketch, Walking the World
Powerpoint - teachers notes (69.22 kB)
Notes on the daily reflections for the week leading up to Fast Day
![Although only 18, Celina already carries a heavy burden of responsibility as both her parents are HIV positive. As well as nursing them, she is also bringing up her brother, sister and son in a drought-stricken region of Mozambique [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/fundraising/fast-day/celina-preparing-fish/771996-1-eng-GB/celina-preparing-fish_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
All you need to know about Fast Day - plus free downloadable materials to help you support it - and stand in solidarity with the poor
![Celina Mader, 18, with her son Bartholomew. Although only 18, Celina already carries a heavy burden of responsibility as both her parents are HIV positive. As well as nursing them, she is also bringing up her brother, sister and son [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/mozambique/images/celina-mader-18-with-her-son-bartholomew/890260-1-eng-GB/celina-mader-18-with-her-son-bartholomew_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
When you give this Fast Day, you help CAFOD train more HIV activists, who volunteer their own time to stand alongside families struggling to cope with the impact of HIV and AIDS
