DanChurchAid: news

Prosecutors on hunger strike against corruption

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:29:20 GMT

Eight public prosecutors have been on hunger strike for 35 days in Honduras capital. The strike is a protest against the widespread corruption weighing down on civil society. NGO�s, church leaders and civilians support their claim.

ACT members mobilise support for cyclone-affected in Burma

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:36:15 GMT

In the aftermath of the worst Asian cyclone since 1991, members of the global alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT)International, are mobilising support to assist affected populations in Myanmar.

Relief is reaching the neglected

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:45:28 GMT

Through 21 relief centres, DanChurchAid�s local partners are reaching 100.000 people.

Trucks with aid is reaching the needy

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Despite roadblocks and bad weather conditions DanChurchAid�s partners are able to gain access to some of the worst hit areas in Burma.

The nightbus of Sct. Petersburg

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:25:20 GMT

In St. Petersburg, Humanitarian Action addresses the problem of increasing HIV infections, distributing syringes and condoms to those primarily driving the epidemic forward: injecting drug users. Read this report from Maj Kastanje in St. Petersburg, where she works as a trainee with DCA�s partner Humanitarian Action.

24 million DKK for Humanitarian Mine Action

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:10:30 GMT

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) has granted 24 million DKK for DanChurchAid�s HMA programmes in Africa and Asia.

Prosecutors on hunger strike

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:28:25 GMT

Prosecutors in Honduras are on hunger strike now for more than one month as a protest against corruption, impunity and gross political interference in the Justice system.

Chaos and a fight for life

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:33:22 GMT

The destructions after the cyclone Nargis are huge. DanChurchAid�s representative reports from the delta area which was hit most severely and where no one has received any help and where dead people and animals are floating in the rivers

Horror stories from Burma are pouring in

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:28:11 GMT

Bodies are floating in the rivers; desperate survivors are plundering the rice stores; these are some of the stories that are pouring in from disaster struck areas in Burma. So far DanChurchAid has earmarked 750.000 DKK to arrange for food supplies for the disaster in Burma.

It�s about social change

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:34:43 GMT

Participants of the Second Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in Moscow have confirmed to each other that many positive developments have been taking place since the first conference was held in 2006.