CAFOD's work in Africa

CAFOD and our partner BIBA-Kenya recently conducted research into how Kenya’s 2012 seed law has impacted women, who constitute up to 80% of the country’s agricultural labour force.

Felicia Fannieh is a fishmonger living in West Point, Liberia with her fisherman husband Augustine and their six children.

CAFOD has commented on the famine declared in one of Darfur's largest displacement sites: Zamzam camp near Al Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, Sudan.

As the Paris 2024 Olympics takes place, we’re taking inspiration from one of the many reasons Pope Francis celebrates sport: it can help break down barriers.

Thanks to generous supporters like you, we were able to respond rapidly to the devastating flooding in Libya caused by Storm Daniel in September 2023.

A new poll published today by CAFOD, conducted by YouGov, has found that only 5 per cent of British adults think that Sudan is currently experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

CAFOD has launched an emergency appeal to support families in Sudan, as Britain’s ambassador to the UN says the country is in the grip of the world’s worst hunger and displacement crisis.

We have launched an emergency appeal for funding to help the millions of people in Sudan who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict and now face a new threat - hunger.

We are in close contact with our sister agencies in the Caritas Internationalis network, who are assessing how best to support those most affected.

Saturday 19 August marks World Humanitarian Day, an international day which honours humanitarian workers and those who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.