Prosecutors in Honduras are on hunger strike now for more than one month as a protest against corruption, impunity and gross political interference in the Justice system. Read more...

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. Read more...

European and Latin American civil society networks aired their concerns and proposals in the European Parliament in Brussels at the end of February. Read the report from the negotiations. Read more...

Torrential rains have hit the Central American region as a result of a low pressure system over the Yucatán Peninsula. The rain started on October 10, 2007 and continued until October 18, 2007. Read more...

On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall in north-east Nicaragua and coastal Honduras with wind speeds of up to 260 km/h (162mph), before weakening into a tropical storm. Hurricane Felix was the second Category 5 hurricane to pass through the Caribbean the past two weeks. Read more...

In Guatemala, DanChurchAid cooperates with organisations working for peace and reconciliation and for improving the respect for human rights – in society at large as well as in the legal system. The Political Space programme in Central America is focusing on access to justice. Read more...

DanChurchAid is working with partner organisations on food security issues in Guatemala. At different levels, they are all dedicated to rural development and sustainable agriculture, and in the recent past have begun working more with advocacy. Read more...

DanChurchAid supports three different projects working to protect and support street children and children infected by HIV/AIDS. These activities are not part of the two overall programmes. Read more...

DanChurchAid supports a range of partners working with democracy, human rights and access to justice in Honduras within the programme Political Space. Read more...

DanChurchAid currently has five partner organisations working with food security in Honduras. At different levels, they are all dedicated to rural development and sustainable agriculture, and in the recent past have begun working more with advocacy. Read more...

In Guatemala, DanChurchAid is working with the programme ”Access to Justice” which is related to the right to equality before the law and the battle against impunity. Read more...

Many cultures around the world have a time set aside each year for communities or families to gather and give thanks for what they have. Some of these traditions are celebrations that occur around the time of the harvest. One community in El Salvador was especially thankful this year as members gathered to share in work and in a meal - to celebrate the harvest again, after their supply of food was cut off last year during Tropical Storm Stan. Read more...

In Guatemala, DanChurchAid works to improve food security by combining advocacy efforts for better rural development policies at the national level with local mobilisation and technical support to small-scale landholders and landless farmers in rural areas. Read more...

In Honduras, DanChurchAid is working to improve food security by combining advocacy efforts for better rural development policies at the national level with local mobilisation and technical support to small-scale landholders and landless farmers in rural areas. Read more...

DanChurchAid’s work in Honduras on democratisation is focused on the right to equality before the law and the battle against impunity. The programme work also includes support to alternative media and capacity building of civil society and their right to participate in political processes. Read more...

Sustainable development in Central America will only be achieved through overcoming the structural barriers obstructing the rights of poor, marginalised and oppressed people to assert their basic rights to food, health, education and a life in dignity. Read more...

Most of Central America is highly exposed to extreme natural phenomena such as cyclones, floods and droughts, which are regularly occasioning disaster situations, especially in poorer and more remote areas. Read more...

Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in Central America. Contact information: Central America Unit at DanChurchAid headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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