DanChurchAid
Tanzania
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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Mobile phone batteries from at least four leading mobile phone producers contain cobalt from DR Congo. These companies run the risk of supporting illegal export and unfair mining practices, which often involve severe human rights abuses. A report by DanWatch, May 30 2008. Commissioned by DanChurchAid and Roskilde Festival Copenhagen.
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Mine clearance is thorough and meticulous work and in DR Congo highly influenced by weather and vegetation. This video shows a DanChurchAid deminer in action.
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The village of Kamumba was once a prosperous fishing community. But during the five year long war it was turned in to a military camp. Though the war is over, the mines remain, preventing the villagers from returning.
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Since mine threats as well as HIV/AIDS prevalence are high in DR Congo, DCA has developed a new approach combining both MRE and HIV/AIDS education programmes. Detailed impact surveys of mine-affected areas are also being carried out, assessing the threats posed and their social and economic repercussions.
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DCA's Humanitarian Mine Action programme concentrates on clearing agricultural land of mines, in order to link mine clearance with food security for the population in affected areas.
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Line Brylle has just returned home after working with a Humanitarian Mine Action Programme for two years in one of the most war torn countries in the world.
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Ethiopia is on the verge of a hunger disaster. In the Southern Oromiya region people are already suffering.
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Most people know of fair trade coffee and bananas. But when it comes to mobile phones and other electronic equipment, the trade is far from fair. DanChurchAid and Roskilde Festival aim to change this now.
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The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) has granted 24 million DKK for DanChurchAid’s HMA programmes in Africa and Asia.
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A large group of children gather in front of Um Gozein School in Mershing, South Darfur, filling the yard with the excited chatter of their young voices. They are lined up and eager to receive school kits being distributed by ACT-Caritas.
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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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According to a new report published by DanChurchAid, the number of AIDS orphans is projected to exceed 20 million worldwide by 2010. In 2005 that same figure was 15 million orphans. It is a tragedy of enormous dimensions and it puts a tremendous strain on the traditional family safety net and community structures.
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DanChurchAid (DCA) Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program in DR Congo has signed a one year contract with the AECI, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for an amount of 554.713 Euros to finance Mine Action activities in Eastern Congo.
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Human suffering is often visible and obvious in both natural distasters and civil conflict – hunger, injuries and people forced from their homes by destruction or violence. But often there are hidden and less visible needs of people who are among the most vulnerable in an emergency situation.
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Under the shade of a straw roof, the space is alive with chatter. Children play outside while women gather in groups to practice newly learnt skills that include making pasta and traditional mat weaving.
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As the political stalemate continues and violence associated with the highly controversial December 27th elections of 2007 escalates and spreads, camps for those displaced throughout Kenya are operating beyond their capacity.
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While political parties and outside mediators struggle to find a peaceful solution to Kenya’s election dispute, young people find a different challenge as they wrestle with crisis in a once peaceful country.
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