The story
CAFOD's origins can be traced back to the launch of a Family Fast Day organised by a group of Catholic women in 1960, who used the money saved through fasting to support a mother and baby clinic in Dominica. The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales registered the charity in 1962. Its current governing document dates from 2015.
In 2015, CAFOD joined the CHS Alliance. One year later, it was certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability with the current certification being valid until 2027.
CAFOD's Director Christine Allen was appointed in March 2019.
In 2020, CAFOD launched a new strategy, Our Common Home, based on Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si', which calls for a new definition of progress rooted in integral ecology, recognising that everything is connected and hearing both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, calling on all people to dialogue in society about how best to tackle the global issue.
From Wikipedia’s article on CAFOD, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5