Category - christian aid

December 7, 2015

French Assembly acts against multinational tax dodging

Christian Aid and tax justice campaigners have hailed as a “major breakthrough” a vote by the French National Assembly to introduce a new law that will help curb the tax dodging activities of multinationals.
December 2, 2015

Concerns over worsening conditions in South Sudan

Christian Aid has expressed deep concerned at the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Western Equatoria, South Sudan, in which one of its long-term partners, Mundri Relief & Development Association (MRDA) has been attacked.
December 1, 2015

Climate vulnerable countries make important COP21 intervention

Christian Aid has welcomed the declaration by the Climate Vulnerable Forum, 20 countries most at risk of climate change, calling on world leaders at the Paris summit to work towards limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.
November 30, 2015

UK pilgrims witness delivery of climate change petition

Climate campaigners mobilised by Christian Aid, Tearfund, CAFOD and the Church of England marked the end of their 200-mile ‘Pilgrimage2Paris’ yesterday by joining faith leaders and pilgrims from across the world, to deliver petitions with nearly 1.8 million signatures to the UN climate chief.
November 26, 2015

Jews, Muslims and Christians unite in call for climate action

Jewish, Muslim and Christian organisations will march together calling for action to address climate change on 29 November, united by a shared concern for protection of the earth and all who live on it.
November 19, 2015

Christian Aid welcomes UK decision on coal

Christian Aid has welcomed Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s announcement that the UK will stop using coal and also notes a new OECD agreement to tighten restrictions on exports of coal technology.
November 17, 2015

New labelling guidelines for Israeli settlement products welcomed

Christian Aid has welcomed new guidelines that will require the true provenance of goods and produce exported from Israeli settlements on the West Bank for sale in the EU to be clearly labelled. Until now, such exports have generally been labelled “Made in Israel.”
November 9, 2015

Christian Aid's Refugee Crisis Appeal raises £1 million

Christian Aid’s Refugee Crisis Appeal, launched in September to deliver humanitarian aid to those affected by the crisis, has topped £1 million.
November 9, 2015

Illicit drugs changing national economies and governance

The illicit drugs trade is now so powerful that it is virtually shaping the economies, governance and social fabric of entire nations, says a new report commissioned by Christian Aid.
November 7, 2015

Whistle blowers demand end to multinationals’ tax secrecy

Whistle blowing activists gathered outside the UK Treasury and in other European capitals on 5 November, to support the whistle-blowers who exposed the LuxLeaks tax scandal a year ago and to demand an end to secrecy around multinationals’ taxes.