South Asia

October 18, 2018

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

As the UN marked its annual Day for the Eradication of Poverty, more people than ever before are going hungry, due in large part to extreme poverty – currently measured as living on less than US$1.90 a day. Famine, conflict, forced migration and climate change are blocking progress in poverty alleviation.
March 2, 2018

Nearly 19 million newborns a year at risk of brain damage due to iodine deficiency

Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine in the earliest years of life, according to a new joint report by UNICEF and GAIN.
September 4, 2017

WCC chief extends condolences to flooded communities

As tens of thousands of people coped with the aftermath of flooding in South Asia and the USA, the World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, said the WCC fellowship is praying for flood survivors and those helping them.
September 29, 2010

British Asian evangelicals push for Pakistan debt cancellation

Evangelical Christians from South Asia living in Britain are pushing to have Pakistan’s crippling international debts cancelled.
October 24, 2007

Christian Aid remembers second anniversary of South Asia quake with Christian Aid gifts

While the global news agenda has moved on, UK-based development agency Christian Aid is asking people not to forget the ongoing victims of the tragic South Asia earthquake two years ago - and has pledged to continue its material support.
August 9, 2007

Mennonites respond to South Asia post-flood crisis

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), the North American development and peace agency, is working with local partners to provide a 10-day supply of food for 5,050 families caught up in the post-flood crisis in Bangladesh.
August 8, 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.
August 6, 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.
August 4, 2007

NGOs in India, Bangladesh and Nepal gear up for flood crisis

More than 150 people have died and 20 million have been displaced from heavy floods in south Asia. Reports estimate more than 12 million people in India, 5.5 million in Bangladesh and 750,000 in Nepal are affected.