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  • 23 Jun 2010
    Popular faith and resilience in Haiti

    For many in the West, 'natural disasters' are a reason to question religious belief. In places like Haiti, popular faith can be a resource for empowerment and change. Maria Halava interviews a Pentecostal woman pastor from Haiti whose intense belief is both personal and radical in its commitment.

  • 22 Jun 2010
    Global churches' alliance gets 'impartial' aid to Kyrgyzstan

    ACT Alliance, a global network of church-based development organisations, has begun the ‘impartial’ distribution of food to areas in Kyrgyzstan worst hit by recent attacks on Uzbek communities.

  • 26 Mar 2010
    Norwegian diplomat says church aid partners are 'agents of goodness'

    Norway's ambassador to the UN has praised the ACT Alliance, a new agency linking 100 church aid and development groups globally. He says their members are "agents of goodness".

  • 25 Mar 2010
    UK-based aid agency helps launch global churches' action alliance

    UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has helped launch a global alliance providing emergency relief and development aid in 125 countries.

  • 24 Mar 2010
    Churches launch major humanitarian alliance

    The ACT Alliance, bringing together over 100 church-backed relief and development organisations worldwide, has been formally launched with celebrations around the world.

  • 8 Feb 2007
    Global churches' development alliance launched

    The capacity of the alliance of global churches from different Christian traditions "to respond to the challenges of today's world depends to a large extent on more creative and future-oriented forms of co-operation and networking," said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia in launching a fresh ecumenical initiative.

  • 4 Jan 2007
    Churches assist refugees on Somali and Kenyan border

    After the intervention of the Ethiopian troops, the situation in Somalia continues to be very tense, with the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) refusing a government offer for amnesty, say church agencies working in the region.