Category - Development

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.

Breaking the chains of global debt

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:54:34 +0100

Start: 18/05/2008 - 14:36

CELEBRATE ten years since the Birmingham human chain
DISCOVER the impact of debt cancellation so far
DEMAND a lasting solution to the debt crisis

We can use the market to tackle poverty, says Nobel Prize winner

staff writers — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:01:01 +0000

Harnessing the power of the market to help solve the problems of global poverty, hunger and inequality is both possible and necessary, a Nobel Peace Prize winner told an invited audience of specialists in London on Thursday night.

Oikocredit celebrates growth in loan money and global social impact

staff writers — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:19:16 +0000

Oikocredit, the leading private international microfinancier, which gives support to poor communities and social enterprise, has announced a significant growth in activity and impact in its preliminary results for 2007.

UN 'earth champion' prize highlights the struggle of Bangladesh

agency reporter — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:10:17 +0000

News that the director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies will receive a regional United Nations Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth Award 2008 has been welcomed by Christian Aid, which works with BCAS.

Church-backed project will give hope to Congo street children

staff writers — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:35:35 +0000

Two British development workers are establishing a project to support the growing number of street children in war-torn Congo, cooperating with the Anglican Church. It will be based in Lubumbashi, the country's second city.

Churches say eucharistic vision offers an alternative form for globalisation

agency reporter — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:32:58 +0000

Three Christian traditions have prepared a joint statement saying that their shared Eucharistic vision is an ethical one through which "our churches may seek to transform the dehumanizing effects of economic, social, and cultural globalization."

Pope addresses peace and international justice in message to diplomats

staff writers — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:24:10 +0000

In marking their annual visit to Rome, Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, has told the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican that peace is an integral way of life, not merely the absence of conflict.

Church agency seeks moratorium on coal-fired power stations

agency reporter — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:56:12 +0000

Christian Aid has called on the government to impose a moratorium on the building of any new, conventional coal-fired power stations following council approval for the first such station for almost quarter of a century.

UK should name and shame USA on climate change says churches' agency

agency reporter — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:45:47 +0000

The time is fast approaching for the UK and its European partners to name and shame the United States for its blatant attempts to derail any meaningful international agreement on climate change, says the agency Christian Aid.