Small ways to make a big difference in 2024
January 10, 2024
Therese from our Digital Fundraising team writes about small but significant ways you can help people in 2024.
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Saying the last goodbye during the coronavirus lockdown
November 3, 2020
Therese, from CAFOD’s Digital Fundraising team, lost her Grandpa during the coronavirus lockdown. She reflects on the life he led and how it felt to say goodbye during this time.
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July 23, 2019
Therese in our Fundraising team has put together five ideas for how you can plan a wedding with less waste, with the added benefit of saving some money too.
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November 13, 2018
When were you last kind to someone? Did you make a loved one breakfast this morning or give your colleague a cheery greeting when you arrived at work?
Therese, who works in our fundraising team at CAFOD has been reflecting on kindness and how to spread more of it through out the world.
On the international day of kindness, here are 10 simple ideas for you to carry out, to put some more kindness back into the world:
CAFOD World Gifts are kindness in action
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Hands On Doutchi: Thanks to you they have hope
May 29, 2018
Thanks to incredible regular support from CAFOD supporters, life in Doutchi has changed for the better.
Despite the challenges of living on the edge of the Sahara, the Doutchi community have hope.
Hope in the knowledge that they can prepare for the future with confidence.
Knowing that the tools and skills they have gained over the past 3 years, will mean that they can provide for their family now, and well in to the future.
Niger is the world’s poorest country and is also one of the hottest. Getting enough food to eat is the biggest challenge for people living here.
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Hands On Bolivia: You’re helping dreams come true
May 29, 2018
At the start of your Hands On journey, you met Vladimir. He talked of his desire to provide for his family with good, healthy food.
Thanks to your regular support, and Vladimir’s hard work and determination, he has achieved his dreams.
“When I got involved with Fundacion Nuna, it was as if the door had opened, and I could reach my goals and dreams.”
Our next Hands On project has just begun – find out more and get involved.
The latest news from Vladimir’s neighbours:
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Lent 2018: When I found out about what match funding means
March 16, 2018
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Lent Appeal. Your gifts will change lives around the world. And if you donated between 13 February and 12 May, the UK Government will double your donation, giving twice the number of children the opportunity to grow up healthy and strong.
Therese Wynn-Davies recently joined the Digital Fundraising team here at CAFOD. She tells us how she was amazed by the opportunity this Lent as all donations made to CAFOD will be doubled by the UK Government, and how she’s getting involved with a colourful way of fundraising with her ever-co-operative colleague, Jack.
I started here at CAFOD right at the beginning of Lent, which was a great time to start. The office has been brilliantly busy with all sorts of things from dealing with donations, to Family Fast Day. It was around Pancake Day when I found out about match funding. I was really amazed, both with the pancakes and what match funding means for the people that CAFOD helps.
A couple more weeks into the role and my ears pricked up at the suggestion of ‘Dress a dad day’ to be held on Monday 19 March, St Joseph’s day. My colleagues were talking about children dressing up their dads. I volunteered to bring in some of my stash of fancy dress outfits. Before he knew it, my colleague Jack had been nominated as a non-dad to demonstrate some of the costumes.
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A message to all those preparing to fast
February 21, 2018
Promise Simwinde Muleya works for one of our Caritas partners in Zimbabwe. As thousands of people across England and Wales prepare for CAFOD’s Family Fast Day, Promise shares a message of solidarity.
From Zimbabwe to you
To all those that are taking part in the Lent campaign, I have a special message to all of you.
I say to you, appealingly, imagine and remember the children and the breastfeeding mothers in Zimbabwe who hardly have a meal to eat each day.