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."

Project description

Fast facts

Total amount: EUR 620,000
Start date: 01.07.2011
Duration: 12 months
Direct beneficiaries: 7,861 people
Potential beneficiaries: 31,500 people
Partner: EJ YMCA

Main outcomes:

Rehabilitation and construction of 80 cisterns.
WATSAN awareness and training of 1080 beneficiaries.
Introduction of ceramic water filters.
Implementation of a Water Scarcity Response Plan providing 11,110 m3 of water for 973 vulnerable people and 6,950 animals.
154 very poor people and their 1,100 animals will be given 2,200 m3 of water with no cost.

ECHO has donated DanChurchAid EUR 620,000 to facilitate the access to safe drinking water and hygiene in the Eastern desert of Bethlehem.

Local communities and Bedouins suffer from water scarcity, especially during the summer period from May to November.

The Bedouins live off their livestock so they are not only dependent on achieving safe water for their household, but also on providing water for their animals.

In the project, DanChurchAid cooperates closely with the East Jerusalem Young Men’s Christian Association (EJ YMCA).

The project is mainly targeted at benefiting Bedouins and Shepherds, unemployed, Women, Children, and the local communities in the Eastern Bethlehem district

It provides safe water to households and livestock, and training in water sanitation and hygiene for women and children.

05/01/2012 Alleviating water scarcity in the Eastern desert of Bethlehem

The lack of water in the Eastern desert of Bethlehem makes living conditions harsh for local Bedouin Muhammed Ali Hussein and his family. Yet, he is not interested in moving to the village.