![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)
Surviving Cyclone Sidr
Photogallery: Watch how CAFOD is working with our partners in Bangladesh to help communities recover from the cyclone that devastated the country in late 2007
As well as providing food and items such as mosquito nets in the immediate aftermath, CAFOD is building storm-resistant houses and community cyclone shelters to help communities to adapt to future disasters
Building protection from disaster
give to the emergency response fund
![A man distributes blankets in Mansehra, Pakistan. [Jim Stipe]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/pakistan/images/distributing-blankets/679804-1-eng-GB/distributing-blankets_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Give to our Emergency Response Fund
Donate to support CAFOD's initial response to a disaster, and the emergency which follows - such as an earthquake, flood, cyclone, hurricane, or drought. Your gift really can make a difference
