![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)
![CAFOD supported communities with seeds, tools and training to help local people move home and reintegrate in Northern Uganda [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/uganda/images/move-home-and-reintegrate/945382-1-eng-GB/move-home-and-reintegrate_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Unearth Justice vigil in front of BHP Billiton's AGM in London, calling on the company to stop keeping communities in Macambol, Philippines, in the dark about a proposed new mine [Adrian White]](/var/storage/images/events/unearth-justice-vigil/966406-1-eng-GB/unearth-justice-vigil_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)
![Monk Emm Oeun, 28, leads a ‘Happy Happy’ session for children who are affected by HIV and AIDS. The aim of the session is to bring the children together to have fun and forget about their worries [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/opinion/salvation-centre-cambodia-scc-/966374-1-eng-GB/salvation-centre-cambodia-scc-_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Jade, 9yrs old, marking out 'Our Future' in coral on the beach at Pujada Bay [Simon Rawles]](/var/storage/images/watch-and-listen/our-future/966390-1-eng-GB/our-future_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Emergency videos
Watch film clips showcasing how CAFOD works through local partners in times of crisis around the world
When an emergency strikes, CAFOD often acts through Caritas - made up of local Catholic church agencies on the ground, providing relief to communities in the immediate aftermath, as well as more long-term.
In Darfur, Sudan, we work as part of ACT/Caritas, a group of faith-based agencies.
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Find out how CAFOD, through its partner Caritas Peru, has been helping to rebuild after the earthquake that hit Peru in late 2007 View in full screen player |
Audiogallery showcasing the ongoing emergency relief work following the destructive Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 |
Watch how CAFOD helped survivors of the Pakistan earthquake, and how interfaith work with Islamic Relief in Iran and Lebanon got help to those that needed it most |
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Caritas has teamed up with Action for Churches Together in Darfur, Sudan to help people displaced by the conflict |
The local Catholic Church were quick to respond in Central America when Hurricane Stan made more than 200,000 people homeless |
Local church partners are providing water, food and shelter to people forced into camps by the ongoing conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Caritas are helping people rebuild their lives in Northern Uganda after a 20-year-war that made more than 1.4 million people homeless |
Caritas set up feeding centres in Niger following the devastating drought that hit the country in 2005 |
Showing the emergency relief work by the Caritas network, of which CAFOD is a member, in Sri Lanka following the devastating tsunami in 2004 |
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Access to clean water is one of the basics for people living in the sprawling camps. ACT/Caritas has bought two drilling rigs and employs specialists to find water sources in the desert |
ACT/Caritas is developing both skills and experience of local partners in Darfur, enabling them to respond to future crises, through experienced staff such as Mayen Wol Jong providing training and support |
Contractors selected by ACT/Caritas employ local labour to build health centres in the camps across Darfur, giving people an income, as well as providing health services |
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Families across Darfur are still being displaced by the continuing fighting in the region and arrive daily at camps such as the Hamidia camp in western Darfur in search of shelter and food |
Children from a camp in Darfur attend an ACT/Caritas workshop, where they try to overcome their trauma by drawing their experiences of the conflict that has ravaged the region since 2003 |
