Category - christian aid

Agencies respond to Haiti tropical storm devastation

staff writers — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:37:16 +0100

The United Nations is warning that more than half a million people are in need of emergency assistance after storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna battered the island of Haiti. Church and development groups are responding with urgent aid.

Christian Aid launches UK appeal for Bihar floods

agency reporter — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:21:46 +0100

The UK-based development agency Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal in response to the devastating floods in Bihar, India. More than 2.5 million people have been affected and it's feared that thousands have died.

African civil groups demand massive climate change compensation

agency reporter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:53:26 +0100

A number of key African civil society organisations have come together with church development campaigners at the close of the United Nations climate change talks, to demand billions in compensation for the impacts of global warming.

Poll puts Mandela and Martin Luther King above celebrities

agency reporter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:46:46 +0100

People in Britain rate committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities such as Sir Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie, a recent YouGov poll commissioned by Christian Aid shows.

UK will get political with campaign groups, not parties, suggests new poll

staff writers — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:52:28 +0100

The United Kingdom rates committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities and more than one in ten would be prepared to break the law to campaign for a cause they believed in.

Self-interest derailed Doha development talks, says church agency

agency reporter — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:17:04 +0100

Christian Aid says the blame for the collapse of the latest Doha Development Round talks in Geneva lies squarely with major agricultural exporting countries putting self-interest above other considerations.

Christian Aid chief receives award for global anti-poverty work

staff writers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:45:47 +0100

Daleep Mukarji, the director of UK-based international development agency Christian Aid, has been awarded the OBE in recognition of a long career dedicated to working for the elimination of poverty worldwide.

India campaign enlists children in tackling climate change

staff writers — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:57 +0100

An international church development agency is asking children in India to play an active role in the battle against climate change by getting their communities involved in the struggle for a fully sustainable future.

G8 action 'not enough', says church development agency

agency reporter — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:38:13 +0100

UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has said that the G8 agreement to halve carbon emissions by 2050 was a step in the right direction, but was not enough to halt global warming.

Climate change help should not go via World Bank, says aid agency

agency reporter — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:29:17 +0100

Money given by wealthy nations to help the developing world combat climate change should not be administered by the World Bank, says the UK-based international development agency Christian Aid.