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

Duration: 36 months

Results:

Capacitation of 20 women’s CBOs concerning legal/social aspects of property ownership
Amendments made to the national legal procedures that encourage women to keep their inheritance
Enhanced participation and grass roots action by women in the legal framework of property rights
Improved awareness among women about property rights
Established alliances between CBOs, lawyers and human right experts

EuropeAid has donated DanChurchAid EUR 750,000 to enhance the inheritance rights of Palestinian women and to encourage them to know and fight for their property rights.

DanChurchAid cooperates closely with The East Jerusalem Young Men’s Christian Association (EJ YMCA), Palestinian Working Women’s Society for Development (PWWSD), Women’s Affairs Center (WAC).

The project benefits women of all ages in Palestine. The areas of work are the Palestinian Territories of West Bank (North, Central and South), Gaza Strip – North, Middle and South.

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.

04/11/2011 Palestine: Claiming your right or keeping your family?

A new play about women’s inheritance rights premiered in Ramallah on November 2nd 2011. A full theatre of 100 people, mostly women, showed up to learn more. The play was produced by DanChurchAid and funded by the European Union

18/01/2011 Study circles

As a part of the project “Inheritance Denied: Combating Gender Inequality in Property Rights in Palestine” the EJ YMCA, PWWSD and WAC have held four study circles in Palestine; one in the south of the West Bank (Bethlehem) one in the North (Nablus), one in Ramallah and one in Gaza city, with the participation of lawyers, Women’s Rights Activists, CBO/CSO leaders and journalists.