Entries Tagged as ‘Cambodia’

January 12, 2010

Financial crisis: Lessons we missed

Despite a recognition that poor countries will be hardest hit by the crisis even though they did not cause it, the development perspective has been largely absent from G20 debate, and therefore the political response to the financial crisis so far. CAFOD partner NGO Forum on Cambodia met with European Policy makers at the European [...]

October 20, 2009

Opinion: Financial crisis makes action immeasurably urgent

Though the current crisis started as a financial one, it has broadened out, beyond the rich countries where it was triggered, and is now a fully-fledged development crisis. I am reminded of one of Jon Sobrino’s favourite themes – that if you worship anything as an idol, particularly wealth, it will demand human sacrifices. This [...]

March 25, 2009

Shrewsbury launch of Climate Justice

The Shrewsbury CAFOD group pulled out all the stops to make sure that the launch of our Climate Justice Campaign for Shrewsbury Diocese at the Cathedral on March 16th would be a great success. Thanks to all their hard work, to the support of Bishop Brian, Canon Coonan from the Cathedral, schools in Shrophire, CAFOD Director [...]

February 16, 2009

Cambodia: No ordinary hero

There are some people in life that you never forget. Phalla (pictured) is one such person for me. A survivor of Pol Pot’s deadly regime – during which time her entire family was executed, she has faced prison, torture, and more than a decade in a Thai refugee camp. Today, Phalla and her husband foster eight children [...]

December 1, 2008

World AIDS Day – 20 years of raising awareness

Marking the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day (December 1), this gallery shows the transition over time in how CAFOD has tackled HIV, from the early focus on care and treatment, through to the innovative, wide-ranging education, preventive and awareness work of today