Where we work

Guatemala

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster prevention and relief aid, human rights and strengthening the legal system.

Sudan

Among other things, our work here includes mine clearance, protecting the civilian population and relief aid in Darfur.

India

Here we work with fighting hunger and poverty, disaster preparedness, democracy, rights and the caste system.

Angola

Our work here focuses on clearing areas of landmines and unexploded ammunition as well as mine risk education.

Congo (DCR)

Our work here focuses on demining, fighting hunger and helping women who are victims of violence.

Ethiopia

Our work here focuses on disaster risk reduction, equal rights for men and women, strengthening civil society and fighting hunger, HIV and AIDS.

Malawi

Our work here focuses on the prevention of HIV and AIDS, food security and women’s rights.

Uganda

Our work here focuses on agriculture, disaster preparedness, combating HIV and AIDS and supporting a democratic development.

Zambia

Our work here focuses on women’s right to participate, fighting poverty, HIV and AIDS, climate change adaption and democracy.

Bangladesh

Our work here focuses on disaster preparedness, climate changes, democracy, women’s rights and protecting migrants.

Burma/Myanmar

Our work here focuses on empowering civil society, development and education, emergency relief aid and supporting refugees.

Cambodia

Our work here includes, among other things, fighting hunger, HIV/AIDS, supporting women’s rights and climate change adaption.

Nepal

Our work here focuses on democracy and rights, disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and safe migration.

Pakistan

Our work here focuses on relief aid, health care, medicine and reconstruction following the floods.

Haiti

Here our work focuses on rebuilding schools and helping the rural poor with income generating activities after the violent earthquake in 2010.

Honduras

Our work here focuses on agricultural development, disaster preparedness, climate change adaption, human rights and democracy.

West Bank/Gaza

Our work here focuses on relief aid, women’s rights and improving the Palestinian population’s living conditions.

Kazakhstan

Our work here focuses on supporting the poor that travel from town to town on foot. We establish self-help groups and influence laws and procedures.

Kyrgyzstan

Our work here focuses on supporting poor immigrant families, education for marginalised children and young people and self-help groups for the elderly.

Lebanon

Our work here focuses on clearing cluster bombs, neutralising mines and enabling the population to manage on their own.

DanChurchAid believes

Henrik Stubkjær, Secretary General

"Hunger is an inevitable consequence of poverty. Hunger is the most grotesque example of inequity in the world. DCA is fighting hunger with all of the means we have, both in the short and longer term."

Economic empowerment of women

DanChurchAid (DCA) Malawi joined the National Millennium Development Goal 3 Call to Action Campaign in April 2009 by pledging a commitment to “do something extra” towards gender equality and women empowerment within the area of economic empowerment of women.

The key pillar of the DCA Malawi’s commitment was to host the Economic Empowerment of Women Conference on 12 May 2009, which resulted in the interesting outcome of the Lilongwe Declaration May 2009.

At the Economic Empowerment of Women Conference a momentum was experienced of overarching support and interest in placing renewed focus and priority on economic empowerment of women from the participating 140 stakeholders.

The stakeholders composed by a multi-sector audience of experts and practitioners within Government, the non-governmental organizations, the financial institutions, faith-based organizations, academia and the donor community.

Across the multi-sector audience five key areas of gaps and needs were identified in relation to economic empowerment of women as well as six areas of key recommendations in terms of actions and interventions in the way forward, which constitute the Lilongwe Declaration May 2009. Those areas feature as the core inputs to the strategy for this project.

21/11/2011 Stop being selfish to empower women, men told

The Malawi Government has joined stakeholders working in the economic empowerment of women sector in castigating men who are selfish and has called for them to start respecting women in their homes.

21/11/2011 Irrigation helps women group to escape poverty

A group of 15 women has been engaged in irrigation farming for 10 years growing vegetables and also have a tender to supply their produce to local secondary schools. But despite their efforts, the group is still struggling as they cannot access small loans to boost their business.

21/11/2011 Communities failing to recognise women efforts

Raised in a community that looks down upon women entrepreneurs, members of Bulamo HIV and AIDS Prevention Organization women group in Salima tells us about their shattered dreams, and the unending hope that one day society would open up to recognise their contribution to the community.

18/11/2011 Women testify to unity in numbers

The saying goes ‘there is unity in numbers’ and the women of Group Village Headman Chenyama in the area of Traditional Authority Kalonga in Salima district in Malawi can bear testimony to this