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55-year-old Mangli Devi is happy to have a new home. The old one was lost in the devastating Kosi floods of 2008. In the times to follow Mangli was able to rebuild her home and life with the support given by DCA. This is her story.
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Alternating drought and pouring rain kill both animals and people. The animals cannot find food on the dry soil, so the people see their livelihood reduced to skinny frames. DanChurchAid works to prevent the disastrous consequences of the climate changes.
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The isolated char islands in the Teesta River in Northern Bangladesh are a harsh place to survive. There are no doctors on the islands and the closest hospital is four hours away. Food is always scarce and hunger a constant companion. Read the testimonial by 87-year-old Kulsum Bibi, a widow with disability living on one of the char islands. DanChurchAid’s partner Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Services (RDRS) works in the region on disaster preparedness and relief.
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DanChurchAid cooperates with private companies on developing new and better products to help the fight against poverty.
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Climate summit in Copenhagen and a surge in the number of people lacking basic nutrition – 2009 was a year of great challenges, but also of generosity, hope and new opportunities. We look back upon 2009 and some of the main events for DanChurchAid.
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COP 15 ended with a Copenhagen declaration after 28 hours of uninterrupted negotiations on Saturday the 19th. Targets and money are missings, says DanChurchAid.
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Around 5000 people were charmed by the former arc bishop in South Africa Desmond Tutu, when he handed over more than half a million signatures in the Countdown to Co2penhagen campaign in Central Copenhagen
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Around 1000 Countdown to Copenhagen Activist joined the big, peaceful climate demonstration with around 100.000 participants.
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Download full version of the new book by Malene Haakanson, who portrays the struggle of an Ethiopian family over the course of one year.
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The climate summit may be invite only - But Copenhagen is alive with climate related activities during COP 15. Join DanChurchAids many activities in Copenhagen - We reccomend a number of public access events in Copenhagen during the climate summit.
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The wealthy nations should not be able to shirk their previously committed promises of reducing their CO2 emissions
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Participants at the Bali Climate Conference describe their expectations for COP 15 in Copenhagen. Interviewees are all representing ngo's working with climate change and the impact on the worlds poorest.
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NGOs call on Europe’s leaders to commit new money or risk climate deal collapse
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Typhoon Ketsana caused major havoc in eight provinces of Cambodia on September 29 - 30, 2009. ”This is quite unusual. I have never seen anything like this in Cambodia," says DanChurchAid employee Sila Phung, on his return from the affected provinces in northern Cambodia.
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In the wake of the recent severe floods in Southern India, ACT International has launched a preliminary appeal for flood relief operations underway, as fears mount that the region could face severe food shortages.
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Back in the days, church bells served as alarm bells when the city or country was under attack. On the 13th of December 2009 at 3 pm, the bells will ring an alarm once again. This time they chime not as a warning of war, the alarm rings out for the climate – for creation.
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DanChurchAid and energy supplier Natur-Energi win Climate Cup Partnership award 2009 for their collaboration NØDSTRØM ("Emergency Energy"), an energy concept benefitting both the environment and 3rd world citizens affected by climate change.
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Taking in a 13-year-old orphan has turned out to be a true blessing for a poor family in Uganda.
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Traditionally, Dehana district in the mountains of central Ethiopia is very fertile, but climate changes mean that almost fifty per cent of the population needs food assistance.
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Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become a critical issue in the climate negotiations and will become an important issue in ensuring access to new technologies for both climate mitigation and adaptation. This is the focus of a new report from DanChurchAid.
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On 20th of May Dan Church Aid marked that there was 200 days till COP 15 – the international climate summit in Copenhagen.
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This summer Dan Church Aid and Roskilde Festival brings the consequences of climate change for the poorest in Bengal into focus with the campaign Green Footsteps and the refund collection.
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100, 50, 20 years from now! Climate change is the vital challenge of our generation and while scientists worldwide are counting down to the point of no return for global climate initiatives, climate changes are already a grim reality for the poorest countries of the earth.
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Newly published report on climate changes argues that the emerging climate crisis must be seen against the backdrop of an ongoing development crisis, and that it is unacceptable and unrealistic to expect those struggling against poverty to focus their limited resources on averting climate change.
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Friday night december the 5th, five volunteers from DanChurchAid arrived in Poznan, Poland in total shambles – and I was one of them.
Read volunteer Julie's account from the UN Climate Change Summit in Poznan, Poland. Read more...
Read volunteer Julie's account from the UN Climate Change Summit in Poznan, Poland. Read more...
The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch is the first and only international periodical
review that monitors state actors’ actions related to the realization of the right to food. Read more...
review that monitors state actors’ actions related to the realization of the right to food. Read more...
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.
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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.
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The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa.
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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.
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The poor people in the development countries are the ones who must pay the biggest price for the climate changes even though it is largely our way of living in the rich countries which contributes the most to create the climate changes.
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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
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In light of the global climate changes one of the biggest challenges the world has to face in this century is to create food security for all human beings.
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