Where we work

Guatemala

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster prevention and relief aid, human rights and strengthening the legal system.

Sudan

Among other things, our work here includes mine clearance, protecting the civilian population and relief aid in Darfur.

India

Here we work with fighting hunger and poverty, disaster preparedness, democracy, rights and the caste system.

Angola

Our work here focuses on clearing areas of landmines and unexploded ammunition as well as mine risk education.

Congo (DCR)

Our work here focuses on demining, fighting hunger and helping women who are victims of violence.

Ethiopia

Our work here focuses on disaster risk reduction, equal rights for men and women, strengthening civil society and fighting hunger, HIV and AIDS.

Malawi

Our work here focuses on the prevention of HIV and AIDS, food security and women’s rights.

Uganda

Our work here focuses on agriculture, disaster preparedness, combating HIV and AIDS and supporting a democratic development.

Zambia

Our work here focuses on women’s right to participate, fighting poverty, HIV and AIDS, climate change adaption and democracy.

Bangladesh

Our work here focuses on disaster preparedness, climate changes, democracy, women’s rights and protecting migrants.

Burma/Myanmar

Our work here focuses on empowering civil society, development and education, emergency relief aid and supporting refugees.

Cambodia

Our work here includes, among other things, fighting hunger, HIV/AIDS, supporting women’s rights and climate change adaption.

Nepal

Our work here focuses on democracy and rights, disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and safe migration.

Pakistan

Our work here focuses on relief aid, health care, medicine and reconstruction following the floods.

Haiti

Here our work focuses on rebuilding schools and helping the rural poor with income generating activities after the violent earthquake in 2010.

Honduras

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster preparedness, climate change adaption, human rights and democracy.

West Bank/Gaza

Our work here focuses on relief aid, women’s rights and improving the Palestinian population’s living conditions.

Kazakhstan

Our work here focuses on supporting the poor that travel from town to town on foot. We establish self-help groups and influence laws and procedures.

Kyrgyzstan

Our work here focuses on supporting poor immigrant families, education for marginalised children and young people and self-help groups for the elderly.

Lebanon

Our work here focuses on clearing cluster bombs, neutralising mines and enabling the population to manage on their own.

DanChurchAid believes

Henrik Stubkjær, Secretary General

"Hunger is an inevitable consequence of poverty. Hunger is the most grotesque example of inequity in the world. DCA is fighting hunger with all of the means we have, both in the short and longer term."

Caritas

DanChurchAid (DCA) works in partnership with many organisations. One of these is Caritas. Caritas is the socio-pastoral organisation of the Catholic Church. Caritas has 165 international members. These members work in more than 200 countries or territories. A member is a national charitable organisation or a collective group of them that works with the support of their respective Church. Or it can be an international charity recognised by the Vatican dedicated to human advancement and development.

DCA cooperates with different Caritas agencies in different humanitarian contexts around the world. These agencies are:

CAFOD

CAFOD is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales. We work with partners in more than 40 countries across the world to bring hope, compassion and solidarity to poor communities, standing side by side with them to end poverty and injustice. CAFOD works with people of all faiths and none.

CAFOD and DCA are working together in Sudan on a long term humanitarian project there financed by the European Commission Humanitarian Office (DG ECHO).

Caritas Switzerland

Caritas Switzerland is an independent Catholic aid agency and is an association that comprises the network of regional Caritas offices, Swiss dioceses, the majority of Catholic associations as well as independent social organisations. They work in an open, ecumenical spirit and are active for people in need, irrespective of their religious or political persuasion or their ethnicity.

DCA and Caritas Switzerland have been working cooperatively since 2009. Their cooperative work has focused especially on providing psycho-social assistance to children in the Palestinian Territories.

Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace

Development and Peace is the official international development organisation of the Catholic Church in Canada and the Canadian member of Caritas Internationalis. Development and Peace supports partners in the Global South who promote alternatives to unfair social, political and economic structures. It educates the Canadian population about the causes of poverty and mobilizes Canadians towards actions for change. In the struggle for human dignity, the organisation forms alliances with northern and southern groups working for social change. It also supports women in their search for social and economic justice.

DCA and Development and Peace have been working cooperatively since 2009. Their work has focused especially on providing psycho-social assistance to children and livelihood activities for women in the Palestinian Territories.

Trocaire

Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Trócaire envisages a just and peaceful world where people's dignity is ensured and rights are respected; where basic needs are met and resources are shared equitably; where people have control over their own lives and those in power act for the common good. Trócaire works in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and is a member of Caritas Internationalis and the CIDSE Alliance.

DCA and Trócaire have been working cooperatively since 2009. Their work has focused especially on providing assistance to marginalised groups.

„They work work in an open, ecumenical spirit and are active for people in need, irrespective of their religious or political persuasion or their ethnicity“.