SUMMER OF HOPE
With your support, CAFOD is acting quickly to help the most vulnerable communities on earth protect themselves from the coronavirus. Join CAFOD’s Summer of Hope campaign with your family and friends to raise money to bring hope to people affected by the coronavirus.
Some of us might be able to give what we save from missing dinners out or that missed haircut to help the poorest families in the world survive the global emergency.
“In the UK our struggle against coronavirus has entered the next phase, but in many of the world’s poorest communities the fight has only just begun."Christine Allen, CAFOD Director

caFOD's coronavirus emergency appeal

caFOD's coronavirus
EMERGENCY
petition
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. Donate and hlep the most vulnerable people at:
cafod.org.uk/coronaviruscampaign
CAFOD are asking us to sign a petition to our Government. They say:
   “As we cope with coronavirus in the UK, we think of our sisters and brothers in poorer countries who are facing this pandemic with fragile health systems, some of which have almost no intensive care beds or ventilators.
   “Food prices have already risen with borders closing, the poorest are losing their jobs and income with wholesale shutdowns. Furthermore, inadequate healthcare, lack of access to washing facilities and limited ability to social distance will result in loss of life on an intolerable scale. The likely impact will be devastating.
   “We are one global family. Please will you sign the FACOD petition to ask the government to work with other world leaders to help the most vulnerable people in our world cope with this crisis?
 To sign the petition visit www.cafod.org.uk/coronaviruscampaign
 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.
At Catholic Leamington, you have raised £2,335.05 on the 2020 LENTEN fast day 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 both
St Joseph's  and Our Lady's Churches. If you would like to know more or think you might be able to help, please contact by email to cl.jandp@gmail.com or phone St Joseph's 0n 01926 772712