About ACT Alliance

DanChurchAid is a member of the ACT Alliance. The ACT Secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and every day, in 125 countries, ACT Alliance staff are working at the frontline: supporting survivors of disasters, wars and conflicts, training rural people in agricultural techniques, working to eradicate poverty, helping marginalized people be free of poverty and changing systems that are inequitable and unjust.

Vision and mission

Members of the ACT alliance work together for positive and sustainable change in the lives of impoverished, marginalized and vulnerable women, men, girls and boys through coordinated and effective humanitarian, development and advocacy work.
We support communities to find sustainable ways to:

• overcome poverty
• adapt to changes in their environment and reduce the risk of future disasters
• cope with and be better prepared for emergencies
• recover from major setbacks due to conflicts or war, and
• influence their governments and other decision-makers to fulfill their duties in protect basic rights.

We work with and for people of all faiths and none. We give priority to the poorest and most vulnerable people in areas of the world with the greatest need for external assistance. And we work to enable and strengthen existing capacity and resources, putting communities at the centre.

Based on actions and information from its members, ACT issues Alerts and Appeals for assistance to people affected by emergencies.

ACT can also respond through a Rapid Response Fund to meet urgent humanitarian needs. Members in Europe, North America, Asia and the Pacific raise funds for this work from private donations, church collections, national governments and European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office, ECHO.

International networks and standards

We work to uphold ethical and professional standards of transparency and accountability to the communities we serve, to those whose resources we are asked to be stewards of, and to each other.

The ACT Alliance is a member of the International Council for Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) and the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP).

ACT's members are composed of 100 churches and church-related organisations.

Visit website: ACT Alliance