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CAFOD Harvest Fast Day Collection:   Very many thanks to you all for your contributions to the CAFOD Harvest Fast Day Collection this year. We do not yet know the total yet, although the fundraising page reached £507.25 (£622.81 with gift aid added).  (The total this year will not of course include TEXT and direct donations on the CAFOD website). The money is dedicated to deal with the Covid crisis in the countries in which they are working, to survive, rebuild and heal.
The CAFOD Campaigns Update for December 2020 is here
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Covid-19
CAFOD has ambitious plans to save lives, help people recover and build a more just world in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
CAFOD is part of one of the largest aid networks in the world with substantial knowledge and expertise in WASH - water, sanitation, hygiene; and disease control.


caFOD's coronavirus
EMERGENCY
petition

CAFOD have sent their petition with over 7,000 signatures to the Prime Minister last month (and together with petitions from other NGOs that makes nearly 1,000,000 in total)
CAFOD’s petition asks our Prime Misister to work with other world leaders to:
  • Make sure that any vaccine developed with UK public money is made available to everyone regardless of income or where in the world they live.
  • Provide urgent financial and technical support to help developing countries cope with this crisis
  • Cancel all debt payments by developing countries due in 2020 so that countries can spend money on much needed healthcare rather than debt repayments.
  • Put plans in place to rebuild a fairer, more just society after the crisis so that the world’s most vulnerable people can live in dignity and to restore our common home for future generations.
For our sisters and brothers in the Global South, the threat to their livelihoods, in addition to their health, is scarcely imaginable. Coronavirus is laying bare the inequalities that exist in our society, and for countries with health systems much more fragile than our own, the effects could be devastating.
The inequalities exposed by coronavirus is a matter of justice. We can do something about this crisis. We can use our voices here in the UK to tell our government to take practical, concrete actions to assist developing countries in the coronavirus response.
Coronavirus has affected every country that CAFOD works in. In countries like Brazil where the disease spread rapidly, many have died of the virus. In other places lockdown measures have made it impossible for people to work and left many facing hunger. This crisis has had an impact on everyone and everything we've worked together to help. But CAFOD has faced crises before, and, together, we've beaten them. With skills honed on the frontlines of life-saving work, CAFOD's network of local experts are ready to put a three-part plan into action -
SURVIVE - REBUILD - HEAL
-  to save lives and protect the progress that has been made towards a fairer, greener world
- for everyone.

DonatE to the Rebuild Lives Coronavirus Appeal

The spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19) to countries with poor health systems and limited access to clean water will be devastating.
Families who already struggle to get enough food to eat and those living in refugee camps are particularly vulneerable to coronavirus.
In order to continue protecting and improving the lives of those in poor communities, your prayers and gifts are needed now more than ever.
Our local experts are in their communities now delivering vital hygiene training, food parcels and raising awareness of this disease. Find out more about help for the most vulnerable people at: cafod.org.uk/coronaviruscampaign

At Catholic Leamington, you  raised £2,335.05 for the 2020 LENTEN Fast Day earlier this year!
Wonderful! The individual churches in Catholic Leamington gave £799.97 at St Peter's, £527.65 at Our Lady's and £1007.43 at St Joseph's.
More people than ever came to our Soup and Rolls lunch at St Peter's on 6th March for CAFOD's Lenten Fast Day and £154.45 was received in donations.
We also met Sylvester from the Birmingham CAFOD Office for the first time. Great to see you, Sylvester!
At present, your CAFOD team is looking for someone to join them to help with CAFOD at Our Lady's Church.
If you would like to know more or think you might be able to help, please contact by email to cl.jandp@gmail.com