Family Fast Day

Harvest Family Fast Day will be on Friday 2nd October 2026.

Thank you for supporting Lent Family Fast Day! Your prayers and donations make all of our work possible, creating real and lasting change for your neighbours - neighbours like Shorai.

This is the difference your generosity makes.

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Harvest Family Fast Day will be on Friday 2nd October 2026.

Thank you for supporting Lent Family Fast Day! Your prayers and donations make all of our work possible, creating real and lasting change for your neighbours - neighbours like Shorai.

This is the difference your generosity makes.

Shorai with his wife Hamunyare in the Nyamuwe nutritional garden in Rushinga, Zimbabwe

Shorai's story

When Shorai first began farming in his community in Zimbabwe, it was difficult. The arid climate and a lack of vital equipment, like ploughs, meant doing hard, physical labour every day.

Then the droughts came.

Harvests failed and his family began to go hungry. "As a father", Shorai told us, "it will be difficult for you to sleep."

But Shorai and his community had an idea for a garden where the whole community could grow crops to feed their families. They reached out to CAFOD's local partners and, thanks to your donations, they were able to help.

Now, Shorai has access to an eco-garden that uses drought-resistant crops and a solar-powered water pump. That pump, funded by donations like yours, draws water from a nearby dam, turning dry ground into fertile land.

Shorai told us: "We haven’t had any challenges with food since we started this project."

And it's not just food security that the garden has given them: "It gives us more time as family to have quality time together, and it also increases love."

This is how, through the work of CAFOD, your love is growing to reach your neighbours.

This is how, together, we are building God's kingdom.

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Family Fast Day

Shorai's story

Get involved!

Fundraising events

Fundraising tools and advice

Marian Appeal for mothers

Shorai's story