DanChurchAid: Political Space

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.

Tutu nominates DanChurchAid

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:04:38 GMT

Archbishop Desmond Tutu nominates DanChurchAid for the Hilton Humanitarian Prize. The nomination is backed by the 10 bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark and former Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Uffe Elleman-Jensen

Africa Commission policy notes

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:11:01 GMT

The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa.

Corruption at the court

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:38:14 GMT

The hondurian judicial system is corrupted to the bone, and there is good reason to keep an eye on the courts and officials of the central American country.

African Youth Panel in Ethiopia

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:46:02 GMT

DanChurchAid and the Danish NGO-forum invites young people from all over Africa to apply for participation in the African Youth Panel, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 16-19. 2008. The Youth Panel will be a lifetime opportunity to influence the future of Africa by developing recommendations to the further work of the Danish Africa Commission.

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

A historic election

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:03:27 GMT

The past is scary, but the upcoming elections in Angola on September 5th has every possibility to turn a new page in the country�s history

Peace settlement faces problems

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:52:37 GMT

Even though the regime in Khartoum and the revolutionary movement SPLM in south have been persuaded to lay down their arms, the challenges of gaining permanent peace in Sudan are huge.
This is said by Mads Frilander, programme officer in DanChurchAid in South Sudan.

Husband and wife team up in Kyrgyzstan self help group

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:49:49 GMT

In Central Asian countries the fight for women to strengthen their rights and move closer to full partnership with men is well documented by international organizations. One example of such partnership in Kyrgzstan is Avazbek Balthabaev and his wife Paiza Bathaeva, who work as a team in both business and in self-help groups in their community.

Where have all the young men gone? Gone to Russia everyone

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:58:13 GMT

Where have all the young men gone, gone to Russia everyone," might be the modified refrain of a folk song in many a rural village in Tajikistan, at least for the women left behind. This is the 4th part in the series on self help groups in Central Asia, written by Peter Kenny.