DanChurchAid: Relief & Rehabilitation

Help for Georgian refugees

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:22:48 GMT

DanChurchAid prepares a Material Aid support of 750.000 DKK for foodstuffs, sanitary and household packages for the 30.000 refugees, that fled to Russian North Ossetia from Georgian South Ossetia in early august

Disaster response to the cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:23:05 GMT

Dushtha Shasthya Kendra and DanChurchAid's disaster response to the cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh in November 2007.

DanChurchAid volunteers at Roskilde Festival

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:03:47 GMT

Roskilde Festival could not exist without the help of its many volunteers. Around 23.000 out of Roskildes maximum of 105.000 guests are volunteering as security, chefs, parking guards, sanitation workers and last but not least; refund collectors. While the volunteer refund collectors of DanChurchAid are an equal part of this essential festival element, the work they do and the information they share will travel far beyond the borders of Denmark � and Europe.

Floods in Assam, West Bengal and Orissa states

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:17:19 GMT

Heavy and incessant rainfall since June 16, 2008 has flooded many areas in the eastern states of Assam, Orissa and West Bengal leaving some 93 people dead and close to 2.7 million people affected.

Self help groups along Asia's forgotten Old Silk Road

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:43:54 GMT

If the main bridge across the Rhone River in central Geneva collapsed and was not repaired, or attended to within days, or even hours, residents of the Swiss city would be up in arms, lobbying and harassing local, regional or federal authorities to act. Action would likely soon be taken.

Multimedia - Prepared for the next disaster

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:25:34 GMT

Farmers in Cambodias Kompong Speu province are working to make their villages more resilient to the recurring natural disasters, such as drought or floods, hitting the area as a result of changes in the climate. See the video about clean drinking water and audioslideshow about a ricebank here.

Hunger on the agenda

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:07:23 GMT

Millions of poor people are in danger of being affected by hunger and famine as prices on food will remain on a high level during the next ten years. This is predicted in a new report ahead of the summit in Rome where the only item on the agenda is the global food crisis

Humanitarian assistance

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:08:39 GMT

Accelerating climate changes, war, armed conflict, shrinking of humanitarian space, 9.9 million refugees and 24 million internally displaced. The environment where humanitarian action takes place is evolving rapidly and continuously, posing new challenges for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, disaster risk reduction and protection for affected communities.

Partner nominated for award

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:16:04 GMT

DanChurchAid is pleased to nominate Executive Director Jack Dunford and the staff of Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) for the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award.

Joy of living returns after tsunami disaster

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:46:16 GMT

�The memory is still very painful to me,� G. Raju recounts in a faltering vice. Yet, there was nothing he could do. The flood waves were six or seven meters high and he could not reach his house and his family. He still vividly remembers the horrible scenes of devastation the tsunami left in its wake three years ago as it swept through his coastal village in southern India.