DanChurchAid: ACT

Host families of displaced at risk

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:13:25 GMT

While official figures of newly displaced people in crowded camps around Goma are still being determined, another reality of displacement remains in the shadows: the thousands of families who have opened their modest homes to fleeing strangers.

First National Forum of �Act Development Central Asia"

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:41:27 GMT

The first ever National Forum of �Act Development Central Asia� Alliance was successfully held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 6-7. The Forum brought together five international development agencies � ICCO (the Netherlands), DanChurchAid (DCA, Denmark), Christian Aid (United Kingdom), Norwegian Church Aid and Hungarian Interchurch Aid � and more than fifteen non-governmental organisations and microfinance institutions from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. More than 40 representatives of the organisations participated in this historic event.

"People fled in all directions"

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:39:26 GMT

The security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo remains precarious and aid groups do not yet know what effect the most recent violence will have on the latest cease fire or humanitarian situation. First hand report from ACT aid worker in DR Congo.

A deadly calm in Goma

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:23:55 GMT

After panic and lootings by retreating troops a deadly calm has fallen over Goma in Eastern Congo.

Severe flooding and landslides in Honduras

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:50:35 GMT

Vast areas in several departments in Honduras are hit by massive rain and floods. 23 people have been killed amd over 22.000 have been evacuated.

Global credit crisis threatens the poorest

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:02:50 GMT

The global credit crisis will have dramatic consequences for the poorest, because those who fund
them are hit by the breakdown," says John Nduna, director of ACT International.

Tens of thousands of people displaced by flooding in Bihar

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:06:59 GMT

ACT International has launched a US $1.7 million appeal to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people displaced by the catastrophic flooding in the Indian province of Bihar. DanChurchAid is a member of ACT International.

Thousands of people flood-affected in Nepal

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:11:31 GMT

As reported by DanChurchAid's partner, Lutheran World Federation (LWF), floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain since Friday (19 September 2008) have left more than 33 people dead in mid- and far-western regions of Nepal. Kailali, Kanchanpur and Doti districts (far-west Nepal) have been severely affected. DanChurchAid's partner, LWF Nepal, mobilised its rapid assessment team in the affected area. According to the national news media reports, thousands of people have been directly affected and displaced.

Advocates of the poor in former Soviet Republic

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:53:54 GMT

Small seeds for an active civil society are starting to grow in the poor Central Asian Republic Kyrgyzstan where children have to work to get an income to the family

Returning to nothing

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:41:29 GMT

Refugees are now seriously returning to South Sudan. Expectations are high but there is very little to come home to