![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)
Poverty and Hunger
![Young gold miner in Mongbwalu, DRC [Amelia Bookstein]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/d-r-congo/images/boy-miner/51674-2-eng-GB/boy-miner_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
![A girl stands in front of empty granaries at the village of Tangaba in northwestern Niger, where inhabitants ate leaves and grass to survive [Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly, courtesy www.alertnet.org]](/var/storage/images/images/niger/empty_granaries/48735-3-eng-GB/empty_granaries_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
A non-Eucharistic liturgy on food and hunger, encouraging us to see the world from the eyes of the hungry
![Mulu is carrying her child on her back in the traditional way with material made from leather and decorated with shells [Almaz]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/ethiopia/images/ethiopia-lives-carrying-child/8986-2-eng-GB/ethiopia-lives-carrying-child_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
CAFOD prayer pack: poverty (60.00 kB)
A collection of our most popular prayers on the issue of poverty for you to download
Dedication of a hunger cloth (24.50 kB)
Prayer of dedication of the hunger cloth can take place within a larger liturgy, or among a group gathering. Hunger cloths depict a set of stories, usually taken from the gospels
![Few elderly people manage to reach the relative safety of camps when they flee their homes because of fighting [Charlotte Brudenell ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/elderly-women/163418-2-eng-GB/elderly-women_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
![An Ethiopian woman collecting firewood [EthiopiaLives]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/woman-with-bundle-of-sticks-ethiopia/887992-1-eng-GB/woman-with-bundle-of-sticks-ethiopia_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Scriptures on poverty (43.50 kB)
Passages from the bible on the theme of poverty, including the GCSE scripture texts on poverty
![Clare Short MP with some of her constituents at CAFOD's Religious Lobby of Parliament on May 18, 2005 [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/miscellaneous/politicians_portraits/clare_short_at_the_religious_lobby/9210-1-eng-GB/clare_short_at_the_religious_lobby_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Contemplatives pray to Make Poverty History (25.00 kB)
A message of support from the British Association of Contemplatives on the occasion of the Religious Lobby of Parliament to Make Poverty History (18 May 2005).
![Woman and baby, Chiquimula Parish, Guatemala [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/images/worship/guatemala-mother-baby/887750-1-eng-GB/guatemala-mother-baby_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Bishops' Conferences' statement to the G8 (37.50 kB)
Letter sent to the leaders of the G8 countries ahead of the Germany summit meeting in June 2007
![CPT works alongside rural communities, such as these families occupying disused land near João Pessoa, Brazil [Marcella Haddad]](/var/storage/images/media/cafod/images/latin_america_caribbean/brazil/families_occupy_disused_land_in_brazil/6595-1-eng-GB/families_occupy_disused_land_in_brazil_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg)
Make Poverty History reflection (90.50 kB)
A resource for use by groups to reflect on the achievements of 2005 and the challenges ahead: 2-page Word document
CAFOD Advent Appeal: Please send a message of support to kids this Advent at a special school run by a CAFOD partner |
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 |
Browse our new range of alternative gifts that act as two presents in one – something for you to give to friends or a relative, while the real gift changes the life of someone living in poverty |
