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DCA, as part of ACT Alliance, responded immediately to the humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan, having the advantage of its presence through long-term development programmes. While responding to the humanitarian needs, ACT Alliance conducted one more round of rapid assessment during July 13-14. Observations from the visits to affected families and IDP (internally displaced persons) camps are summarized here
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Cyprus Ambassador and ITF representative visit DCA Lebanon Programme.
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Women's legal status is weak in patriarchal Palestinian society. The right to inherit is an especially weak point not least when it comes to the inheritance of land. The EU has granted 5,6 mio. kroner to DanChurchAid's work to secure women their legal right of inheritance.
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The Talanada Juang hamlet in the Keonjhar district of Orissa has no roads and no drinking water source. The tribal hamlet previously undiscovered has only recently been included in the Orissa Government’s record. Now the Juangs learn about their possibilities of subsidies from the Government and mobilize funds for a bridge, a new road, housing and safe drinking water.
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Conservation farming, the growing of crops with minimum disturbance to the soil, is quickly becoming the preferred farming method for several small scale farmers in the rural areas of the Chipata district in Zambia’s Eastern Province.
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Real reconstruction has yet to begin, while the people suffer in ramshackle housing in overcrowded camps. Instead of facilitating imports of equipment, leaders have lapsed into a pattern of corruption and delay.
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Two village grain banks have secured the future for the villagers in a tribal hamlet in northern Bihar
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Five months after the earthquake in Haiti the ACT Alliance is evaluating the work so far in order to be able to streamline and coordinate the continued effort even better. Secretary General, Henrik Stubkjær, writes from Haiti.
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The tropical storm Agatha marks the beginning of the hurricane season in Central America. Thousands have fled their homes and more than 100.000 people have been evacuated
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In the “Centre for Dalit Rights”, DanChurchAid’s partner works to empower the community to fight for their rights. An increase in violent attacks just triggers their collective strength
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A wave of empowerment has hit the Gamiti tribes of Udaipur, Rajasthan. Ushering in this wave is their leader Napi Bai, a member of the Tribal Development Forum. Astha, DanChurch Aid’s partner in the region has played a key role in advocating for the Indian Forest Rights Act of 2006.
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New project aims at improved accountability and quality of the humanitarian response in Haiti.
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Big in Denmark, small in the world. DanChurchAid will now obtain greater strength internationally for the benefit of the work for the poorest in the world.
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More then 280 representatives from about 100 NGOs from all over Kyrgyzstan took part in the exceptional NGO Forum held in Bishkek on April 17th.
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When Nato and its allies went to war in Afghanistan, the alliance promised to curtail the export of drugs to Europe. So far their efforts have not been very successful. In a new film Danish Journalist and Filmmaker, Michael Andersen, shows how drug smuggling routes though the former Soviet Republics of Central Asia bring new dangers to the area.
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After a restless night of chaotic looting and shooting in different parts of Bishkek, volunteers have begun to clean up the streets and Police have returned to the city.
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President Bakiyev has left the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek after yesterday’s bloody collision between demonstrants and Security Forces that left at least 47 people dead. A large armed crowd is raiding the city.
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Donors, UN, and Haitian government as well as Civil Society representatives will converge in New York on March 31st for the Haiti Donor Conference to make pledges and begin the planning for Haiti’s long road to reconstruction.
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The Humanitarian Response Unit of DanChurchAid met with beneficiaries of combined DCA/RDRS activities during a workshop in Northern Bangladesh
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70-year-old Rahim Bakosh lives on the edge of a char island in the Teesta river. Broken homesteads, loss of livestock and constant movement is the rule of life in the char islands of northern Bangladesh. DanChurchAid’s partner Rangpur Dinjapur Rural Services (RDRS) in Bangladesh helps the inhabitants in the floodplain of the Teesta River with survival strategies.
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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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Caste continues to be a burning issue in India’s hinterlands where violence is the norm of the day. DanChurchAid’s partner since 2003 Centre for Dalit Rights (CDR) is a pioneering organization working for Dalits’ rights in Rajasthan. Read the testimonial by Damodar, a Dalit man who has single handedly taken on the struggle for his land and identity
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Just outside of Port-au-Prince, community leader Altenor Ronald expressed a mixture of frustration, anger and disorientation as he tried to coordinate the relocation of the displaced into a roadside displacement site. “We have no food, no stoves, people are hungry. I’m in charge and I don’t know what to do,” he said.
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In a perfect world, distributions of humanitarian aid after a major disaster would occur without a hitch. Everything would be orderly and proceed with precision.
But life is messy and Haiti is far from perfect. Humanitarian practice, even during relatively small emergencies, is hard and imperfect work – a fact often not fully understood or appreciated by donors and even non-emergency staff of humanitarian groups.
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But life is messy and Haiti is far from perfect. Humanitarian practice, even during relatively small emergencies, is hard and imperfect work – a fact often not fully understood or appreciated by donors and even non-emergency staff of humanitarian groups.
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On January 12th, a month ago this friday, a massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale struck Haiti. The quake lasted about 35 seconds, but left the capital Port-Au-Pince and the surrounding inhabited areas in ruins, killing more than 200.000 and leaving 1.2 million people homeless.
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India’s forest cover accounts for a little over 20% of total land and is home to more than 8% of tribal population. More than 90% of them live below the poverty line, struggling for their basic survival. Read the testimonial by Ditabhai, a tribal living in the reserved forests of India on his life and struggle with rights.
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Marie Sylsalve cradled her 10-day-old son, McAnley, and reflected on three weeks that have taken an almost incomprehensible toll. She last saw her husband in the moments immediately following the 12 January earthquake. The family’s home was destroyed and Sylsalve saw a wall fall on Andre. She presumes he is dead – it has been three weeks now. And twelve days later she gave birth in the ruins.
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The chickens of Mtoso village get more attention than the average Danish egg layer. The women of the village gladly perform a song of gratitude about how the chickens have changed their life, whenever there are visitors.
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At an ACT Alliance distribution of food and goods, workers set about allocating relief to the most vulnerable. Pregnant women and families with young children come first.
Then things go horribly wrong.
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Then things go horribly wrong.
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Dusty, worn down roads and a diversion through fields onto a muddy track lead to Kumha, a village located in Southern Bharatpur, - an upper caste Jat dominated district of Rajasthan. This is a village where a young Dalit girl was gangraped by three upper caste men. She committed suicide.
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Video from ACT Alliance on the relief effort in Haiti
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With Haiti’s healthcare services in worse shape than before the earthquake, ACT Alliance members in Port-au-Prince continue to support medical care for Haiti’s most vulnerable.
As it had done long before January 12, ACT is caring for the children. Traumatized, ill and suffering loss of limbs, hundreds of children need round-the-clock care. Read more...
As it had done long before January 12, ACT is caring for the children. Traumatized, ill and suffering loss of limbs, hundreds of children need round-the-clock care. Read more...
In the chaos of aid distribution, ACT Alliance members are managing to get food, temporary shelter, water cleaning materials and expertise to the Haitian capital.
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More than a million people in Haiti’s capital will this evening be without shelter and no immediate prospect of accommodation in camps. Between 60 and 80 percent of the houses in Port-au-Prince were brought down or are uninhabitable by Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
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DanChurchAid is Raising Funds for the Victims of the Earthquake
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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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Being a single mother of two in rural Malawi is no easy task for Joyce. Her income is highly unstable, and she has to rely on loans from friends and relatives during tougher times, since she has no means of accumulating savings. For poor people like Joyce, access to microsavings is the way to a better, more stable future.
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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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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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In Ballabhgarh village in India lives Sonedeyee, the first Dalit woman Panchayat (Local Self Government) leader. Sonedeyee was brutally attacked earlier this year by the dominant caste in the village. She is now fighting for her rights with the help of Centre for Dalit Rights (CDR), DanChurchAid’s Partner in Rajasthan.
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We, leaders of churches and international church organizations present in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference reiterate the Gospel message ”Do not be afraid!” Act now! This message was echoed by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and reflected by the unprecedented mobilization of international civil society during the first 10 days of this conference.
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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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Join us when the DanChurchAid Youth Network builds a climate refugee camp at “Vor Frue Plads” during COP15 on the 10 and 11 December.
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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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All of these people are not statistics. This is the child of somebody, it is the mother of some child. It is the father of a family.” A major religious leader says the world can no longer think of HIV in developing countries as a problem that sits in isolation from other countries.
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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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NGOs call on Europe’s leaders to commit new money or risk climate deal collapse
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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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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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Within the last four decades, the amount of people going hungry has reached historic heights. A new UN report shows, that more than a billion people worldwide are food insecure.
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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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Money from Ole Kirk’s Foundation assures land to be freed from cluster bombs in South Lebanon and blazes the trail for the locals to be able to re-establish society and create further development in the area after the Israeli bombings.
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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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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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Recent fighting between Pakistani military forces and Taliban insurgents in the northwest part of the country has uprooted more than three million people. Heavy shelling, bombardment and continual cross-fire have compelled innocent people to flee their villages. The majority of the displaced are now living with host communities or in rented houses, while others reside in camps.
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Church-based emergency and development organisations are about to create one of the world’s biggest networks. The name of the new body will be the ACT Alliance with a common income of more than US$2 billion dollars and a staff of 40,000, including volunteers. The formal launch of the new alliance will take place in March of next year in Malawi.
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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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On 12 May 2009 Dan Church Aid Malawi hosted a land mark conference on “Economic Empowerment of Women – Call to Action towards Gender Equality” as one of its commitments as a MDG 3 Torchbearer to “do something extra” towards gender equality and women empowerment under the National MDG 3 Call to Action Campaign.
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In January and February 2008, the Small Arms Survey conducted a national survey of armed violence in Burundi. The final report shows that gun crime, banditry and violent disputes continue to plague the population and act as a brake to socio-economic recovery from a 10 year long civil war.
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I support the recommendations of the Africa Commission – but remember that “you cannot use a report on primary schools to implement a tax reform”, warns Christian Friis Bach, International Director, DanChurchAid.
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The General Assembly of ACT International has decided to unify with ACT Development. This is the first step in the process of creating one of the world’s largest humanitarian and development alliances.
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Young women in Cambodia are being given agricultural training in an attempt to help alleviate poverty and unemployment. These underprivileged women are not only learning about the seasonal cycles of various crops but also how to farm livestock. The intension is, that they can help to secure a better future for their families.
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At first, it was the media and the opposition; now the civil society feels the iron fist. Ethiopia has begun a surprisingly short journey from democracy to dictatorship.
Journalist Jeppe Villadsen writes from Addis Ababa – the article was first published in the Christian Daily, Denmark, on 21.11.2008. Read more...
Journalist Jeppe Villadsen writes from Addis Ababa – the article was first published in the Christian Daily, Denmark, on 21.11.2008. Read more...
World stands by as Gazans sift through rubble 3 months after ceasefire, warn aid agencies
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Remembering the victims
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On Tuesday 24 March 2009 Fadia Daibes, DanChurchAid’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, was killed in a car accident on her way home from work. Seven others were injured.
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Denmark can expect a massive readjustment and a significant bill, if we shall put an end to climate change. This is the message from a new analysis made by Stockholm Environmental Institute and the American think tank EcoEquity for DanChurchAid. Before 2030 Denmark must reduce its CO2- emission by more than a 100 percent. At the same time the Danish part of the world’s climate responsibility will mean a yearly bill 6 and 12 billion Danish kroner.
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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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DanChurchAid supports 496 families who had their land grabbed by the Cambodian army.
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The result of DanChurchAid's Parish Collection 2009 was 16 million Danish kroner (2.715 million USD/2.147 million EUR), which is one million more than last years result.
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While some aid has crossed into Gaza, humanitarian access is still quite challenging, reports ACT International. Aid organisations continue to experience significant difficulty in sending staff and additional supplies into the area to support emergency relief work and begin recovery operations.
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DanChurchAid is criticising the fact, that EU’s proposed Climate Protocol is unfair to the poorest on this planet.
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Is Israel to compensate for the destruction of clinics after the Gaza war? ACT International’s coordinator in Jerusalem, Liv Steimoeggen has raised the question.
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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...
An eyewitness report from one of the DCA volunteers presently in Poznan
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On Wednesday the 3rd of December,2008 in Oslo, about half of the world’s countries, including Denmark, will sign the international Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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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...
A key challenge for Africa, as stressed by several commissioners and by the World Bank, is strengthening small-holder agriculture and rural communities where more than 2/3 of the Africans live and work. This challenge is critical also to enhance employment possibilities for women and youth and to tackle the food crisis and the climate crisis. Agriculture, civil society and decent work are some of the keywords for the future.
Read the full intervention by Christian Friis Bach, International Director, DanChurchAid at the second meeting of the Africa Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa. Read more...
Read the full intervention by Christian Friis Bach, International Director, DanChurchAid at the second meeting of the Africa Commission on Effective Development Cooperation with Africa. Read more...
60 young representatives from 22 different African countries gave their proposals and recommendations to the African Commission this week.
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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
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The Danish government has established an Africa Commission on effective development cooperation with Africa.
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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. Read more...
them are hit by the breakdown," says John Nduna, director of ACT International. Read more...
The Malawian farmers slog away in the dry fields. But that isn’t always enough to provide their families with food. The ELDS program helps the farmers to save money and groundnuts, to secure that they don’t starve.
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DanChurchAid has passed an examination and is now certified as a responsible organisation, which fulfils international standards.
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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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DanChurchAid is pleased to nominate Executive Director Jack Dunford and the staff of Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) for the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award.
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The fight against global poverty is threatened by the increasing prices on basic foods such as rice, maize and wheat.
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Read the new annual report DanChurchAid 2007-2008 (Spanish or English) about DanChurchAid’s and partners’ work in the field and how popular support and campaigns were unfolded in Denmark in 2007.
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The government has just published the composition of the new Africa Commission. DanChurchAid’s international director, Christian Friis Bach is on the list.
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The dramatic price increase on basic food such as rice, maize and various cereal crops, has dire consequences for the poor in developing countries. This is reported by DanChurchAid’s representatives in Asia, Central America and Africa.
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Three years ago a truck overturned in Angola claiming nine lives - the most tragic accident in the historiy of DanChurchAid
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The ACT Development meeting took place on a small conference centre in Lilongwe, Malawi. It was a historical moment for the ecumenical family.
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Ms. Ulla Tørnæs, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, has established an MDG3 Champion Network of internationally prominent politicians, public and private sector leaders, and media and civil society representatives. The campaign - MDG3 Global Call to Action – focuses on the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG 3) on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. DanChurchAid's General Secretary Henrik Stubkjær is part of the MDG3 Champion Network.
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Investments and trade are critical for combating poverty if done with a high social and ethical profile. DanChurchAid (DCA) has been one of the driving forces behind the two new initiatives ‘Danish Initiative on Ethical Trade’ and ‘DanWatch’. The two organisations are the cornerstones in DanChurchAid’s new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and DanChurchAid (DCA) hosted an international seminar 'Protection of Civilians - Learning from Darfur' in Copenhagen autumn 2007. A report has been made based on the seminar. It can be downloaded from www.r2p.eu.
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The survivors from the cyclone in Bangladesh have lost everything they own. More than 200,000 domestic animals have drowned. By giving a goat through DanChurchAid’s Christmas catalogue you can help the most severely affected families.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and DanChurchAid are pleased to announce the international seminar "Protection of civilians - Learning from Darfur" on September 10 - 11, 2007 in Copenhagen.
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Danish relief organisations like others in Europe should do more to defend humanitarian principles in the EU, says the president of a European NGO network
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Tuesday June 26th DanChurchAid will host the VOICE Nordic Round Table Meeting at the Europa Commission. Join us for a day of discussions covering important topics and trends currently facing NGOs.
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Annual Report 2006-2007: Every year DanChurchAid reviews its work worldwide. The review highlights key operations and development activities, and includes the year's financial statements of where the money went; where the money came from; and what the money was spent on.
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DanChurchAid is one of the founders of ”ACT Development” which will be one of the largest development actors in the world.
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A short, stocky man from Uganda is shouting from one end of the room: "They took as slaves, they took our minerals, our oil, our resources. Their growth and wealth is ours too. But we can do it ourselves. We can get stronger and independent if we want. And if we are allowed." Chrisitan Friis Bach, International Director in DanChurchAid, reports from World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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For a couple of days I have been dining with three gentlemen who are all taking part in the World World Social Forum. Their everyday work centers on human rights that are not anything to be taken for granted in their countries. Stine Leth-Nissen, DanChurchAid journalist, reports from World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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"We’re seated on dusty white plastic chairs on the green grass in one of the enormous tents where meetings, workshops and conferences are taking place at the World Social Forum in Nairobi. And then Emily Sikazwe asks me whether we have any traditional chiefs in i Danmark." Stine Leth-Nissen, DanChurchAid journalist, reports from World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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On Saturday, World Social Forum 2007 was opened in the big park in Nairobi with the flamboyant name Uhuru, Freedom. Stine Leth-Nissen, DanChurchAid journalist, reports from the opening.
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New technology from Saab’s Danish branch may improve working conditions and stabilise communication in disaster areas. On Friday, 5 January 2007, Saab Denmark won the innovation competition ‘Communication in Disasters’.
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The big advantage of goats – that they eat almost everything – is also a big disadvantage. Therefore, goat rearing must be accompanied by conservation of the environment.
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50,000 Danes got a goat, a flock of fowls, a swarm of bees or one of the other Christmas presents from DanChurchAid’s gift catalogue. The campaign ”Give a goat” sold for DKK 9.5 million (approx. EURO 1.275 million).
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The Christmas present idea ’Give a Goat’ is a tremendous success. So far, the Danes have bought more than 10,000 goats – and goats are now being distributed worldwide.
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DanChurchAid is challenging Christmas shoppers across Denmark to give a gift with real meaning and help people around the world share the celebration and have the chance for a better future.
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DanChurchAid and many Danish NGOs are very sceptical about the Danida funded project “Empower the poor – Engage the Danes”, initially known as the Copenhagen Consensus Competition. Civil society actors in five selected African countries are invited to participate in the government competition and submit project ideas within four thematic areas. Subsequently, five famous Danes will select five winner projects, which will be presented to Danida for funding.
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More than 350 people were gathered last Saturday, 22 April 2006, at Odense Congress Centre. The participants at the National Assembly were a mix of volunteers from DanChurchAid’s second hand shops, youth volunteers, partner representatives, DCA employees, board and council.
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In 2005, DanChurchAid’s 3.700 charity shop volunteers made a profit of DKK 15 million (approx. USD 2.5 million). The money raised goes directly to DCA’s international work of helping and being advocates of the poorest of the poor.
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Christians in a world of plural convictions are in a place which is "both promising and deeply risky", according to the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams.
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DanChurchAid’s work in the Middle East and in the Horn of Africa region is strongly influenced by the crisis between Denmark and the Muslim world. It is not only a governmental responsibility to restore the peaceful and trustful dialogue. According to DanChurchAid, the humanitarian organisations with partners in civil society in the Middle East have to work together with the Government concerning this issue.
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DanChurchAid partner in the Middle East protests against major Danish newspaper's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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After several sleepless nights with his mind on the many earthquake victims in Pakistan, a 94-year-old man in Denmark decided to take matters into his own hands: He remortgaged his house and donated DKK 1 million (approx. USD 157,015) to DanchurchAid for the thousands of people in Pakistan whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the earthquake.
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815 million people are starving according to UN’s annual report on hunger and malnutrition. “It is a disgrace and a scar on world's conscience”, General Secretary of DanChurchAid Henrik Stubkjær says. “We know it is possible to end hunger. We can afford it. And we know how to do it.”
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DanChurchAid has raised over DKK 12.2 million (approx. USD 2 million) for the thousands of people in Pakistan and India whose homes and livelihoods have been devastated by the earthquake
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