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Side by Side: Question time
In the Spring 2011 edition of Side by Side, Halima Mohammad from Kwai, Nigeria asked a question. Read the responses and have your say here. Our new SbS Question is now live. Let us know what you think here >> … Continue reading
CAFOD’s mission loud and clear at the Hyde Park Vigil
Harriet Gaima, from our Sierra Leone office, was visiting the UK during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. Here she shares her exeriences. “The Papal visits for me served dual fulfilment, first being personally in a position to stand on the same … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Is violence being rewarded?
Donate to CAFOD’s work >> Sughara was standing on the steps of her small mud house, which was framed by green fields and towering mountain peaks in Ghor province in Afghanistan. As we approached, I noticed that she was busily … Continue reading
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Congo: Don’t forget how to be human
I’ve just visited the diocese of Bukavu in Sud-Kivu, eastern Congo where the “Interahamwe” – rebel fighters - continue to rape and raid. I went to Mwanda, an hour’s drive from Bukavu town. Just days before, rebel troops had attacked a nearby village, taking the … Continue reading
Congo: Rape as commodity
I’ve just met Furaha Ciwaci in a village outside Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She’s a 17-year-old girl with fierce eyes and a one year-old son. Donate to our Congo Appeal Furaha speaks to me in French … Continue reading
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