Exploring CAFOD And Their Role
CAFOD is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. It is the
official overseas relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and
Wales. They support countries that have been abandoned by their
government (e.g. Sudan) or are suffering from the impacts of natural
disasters (e.g. hurricanes).
Hundreds of thousands of people campaign with CAFOD to confront the
policies that keep people poor. Campaigners do this by writing to
MP’s, attending peaceful protests, harassing government and important
bodies such as the European Union.
CAFOD offers suggestions for how the policies of governments,
businesses and important international bodies such as the World Bank
can have a constructive rather than harmful blow on poor communities.
When did CAFOD first begin its work?
Nassima* and her baby are refugees at Farshana refugee camp, which is run by CAFOD partners SECADEV, across the border from Sudan in Chad. [Fiona Callister]CAFOD
had its early stages in 1961. The National Board of Catholic Women
prepared a “Family Fast Day” due to an appeal from the people of the
Caribbean Island, Dominica, whom needed help with a baby health
programme.
One year later, CAFOD was officially set up in 1962 by the Catholic
Bishops of England and Wales. CAFOD has been fighting poverty in
developing countries (low or middle income) ever since its launch.
Why did CAFOD form & what were its aims?
CAFOD was set up to aid the already existing charitable efforts. They
hope to reduce poverty and give those countries in need the help they
require. Due to the kindness and dedication of the CAFOD team, the
organisation is making a huge difference in third world countries by
supplying them with food, shelter and compulsory tools to get through
their day to day activities.
During the period 2002/2003, CAFOD rose more than, an incredible, £30
million! £25 million of this money is used to buy essential items:
food, shelter, clothing, medical kits (etc) for poor countries. CAFOD
offers worldwide support throughout emergencies to over 60 countries
... the United States, the simple and hard work of the midwife Monique sharply contrasts Holloway’s perspective. With the death of Bintou during childbirth, Holloway realizes the reality of the situations Monique and other midwives faced everyday (88). When complications emerge, midwives lack the equipment to help save the mother and child. In the United States, children are normally born in a hospital or within a drive away from a health center.
Babies is a Documentary produced by Thomas Balmes who originally got the idea from Alain Chabat. It is set in the present time in four different countries and four very different settings. These babies are documented from birth to just after one year and shows four different perspectives of how different cultures raise their children. From a tribe in Nambia, a remote location in Mongolia, a large city in Japan, to San Francisco California; babies is based on the common theme of human discovery, interaction, and love.
Throughout Anh Do’s autobiography ‘The Happiest Refugee’ he expresses his values and attitudes towards the fulfilling journey he has been on. He shows his courage, determination and step up bravery throughout numerous heart pounding situations he is faced with in the fiction based novel. Anh do has an exceptional ability to adapt to ever-changing situations, a lack of self-pity and always shows resilience to everything he deals
14 million refugees, men, women, and children are forced to flee their homes, towns, and family. The refugees are scared to stay but have to leave (Gervet). Refugees have to face losing a loved one to losing a little thing like a doll both hurts them greatly. Like many refugees, Ha the main character in the book “Inside out & Back again” by Thanhha Lai, have to face the similar losses as other refugees.Many refugees, like Ha, face the feeling of turning “Inside out” when they mourn the losses of their loved ones and their precious belongings, then they are able to turn “back again” with acceptance and support from their communities and friends.
“War torn nations left bullet-ridden ruins, native people forced to flee and find new homes in foreign places-this is the reality of the refugees.” First of all what is a refugee? Refugees are normal everyday people who are forced to flee their homes because they are afraid to stay in their home country. And when they do flee, they may be obliged to leave behind family members, friends, a home, a job, and other special possessions. One of these refugees is a war torn child that suffered the harsh realities of the 1975 Vietnam war. In the novel “ Inside out and back again” A young girl by the name of Ha faces a series of unfortunate events, which can be the mainspring of the nightmares to many. Besides Ha, there are many other refugees who
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areas that have a larger presence of CAFOs is also shown to have a larger
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Some challenges Dania and her family faced are they had no heater for when it gets cold in the winter, but Save The Children provided one for the family. Also, Dania couldn’t go to school because schools were too expensive, but Save The Children worked with the Government and every Syrian refugee could go to school to get an education.
In “Melissa Femiling’s Ted Talk”, she told a story about a 19 year old syrian refugee trying to escape their home to come live in America. She and her husband took a boat with 500 refugees on it and the boat ended up sinking leaving only two survivors Doaa and a little girl she took in. Doaa wanted
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January 12th, 2010 is a day in Haiti history that no one will forget; a 7.3 magnitude earthquake left a huge impact on Haiti. In the wake of this devastating earthquake hundreds of children were left without homes and families were destroyed. “International adoption agencies, adoption advocacy groups, and government Web sites were over whelmed by calls and e-mails” (Seabrook). Within days of the earthquake, many American families began enquiring about adopting a child from Haiti. A selfless act like adoption turned into a controversy over human rights and caused many to voice concerns about adopting internationally.
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