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__**CAFOD**__

CAFOD stands for Catholic Agencies for Overseas Development. They are a United kingdom bases agency who aim to raise funding to support long-term development, respond to emergencies, speak on behalf of communities in LEDCs, raise public awareness of the poverty in these countries and promote social justice in witness to Christian faith and gospel values. It is funded by the Catholic Comunities in England and Wales aswell as the UK government and donations from the public. CAFOD believes that all human beings are equal and that the resources on this earth are a gift that was made to be shared between men women and children equally regardless of their race, nationality or religion. The CAFOD began when a group of voltunteers from the National Board of Catholic Women organised the first Family Fast Day in 1961.