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  • 2 Sep 2007
    Christian Aid plans to expand global poverty work in Britain's schools

    The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid intends to double the number of volunteer teachers it recruits over the next two years to help share stories about the work of its 700 partner organisations in 50 developing countries.

  • 31 Aug 2007
    Singer Lemar hails 'amazing' Cut the Carbon rally

    BRIT and MOBO-award winning musician Lemar has described a multi-faith Birmingham Cut the Carbon rally at Millennium Point on Bank Holiday Monday as ‘amazing’ - and has backed popular action to pressure governments on global warming.

  • 28 Aug 2007
    Christian Aid pledge to earthquake survivors in Peru

    Christian Aid is sending £50,000 to local partner organisations in Ica, one of the regions most badly affected by the 8.0 magnitude quake which struck off the coast of Peru on 15 August 2007, claiming 500 lives and leaving thousands homeless.

  • 27 Aug 2007
    Church agency backs Egyptian workers' rights campaign

    The international development agency Christian Aid is protesting that a labour organisation it works with in Egypt has been refused permission to officially register its organisation, preventing its advocacy for workers' rights.

  • 24 Aug 2007
    Climate SOS exhibition makes an emergency call to Greenbelt festival

    Visitors to the Greenbelt festival will have a chance to take an unusual round-the-world tour as Christian Aid’s Climate SOS exhibition goes on show this weekend. The exhibition features villages from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the UK.

  • 24 Aug 2007
    Climate campaigners will personally lobby industrial polluters

    Climate change campaigners will meet one of the UK’s biggest greenhouse polluters on Friday 24 August 2007 to urge the company to curb its emissions. They hope that personal persuasion as well as political pressure can bring about concrete change to save the planet.

  • 24 Aug 2007
    Christian Aid joins agencies responding to Jamaica and Haiti emergencies

    The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is making £50,000 available to local partner organisations in Jamaica and Haiti to support their post-hurricane relief efforts. Churches worldwide have responded to the disaster.

  • 10 Aug 2007
    Sierra Leone elections a crucial test, says Christian Aid

    The international development agency Christian Aid says the presidential and legislative elections which will be held on 11 August 2007 are a crucial test of whether Sierra Leone has truly turned away from conflict.

  • 8 Aug 2007
    Christian Aid launches South Asia flood appeal in the UK

    The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is launching an appeal to help more than 20 million people in India and Bangladesh who have been affected by the worst flooding there in living memory.

  • 6 Aug 2007
    International community neglecting South Asia flood victims

    The poorest people in India, Nepal and Bangladesh are the chief victims of major monsoon-driven floods across South Asia. And the situation is being made worse by lack of effective international action, local development planners are saying.