christian aid

March 25, 2016

New Christian Aid framework for empowering poor communities

International development agency Christian Aid has launched a new framework outlining one of its ‘priority approaches’ to tackling poverty – building the resilience of women, men and children in poor and marginalised communities.
March 17, 2016

More refugees' lives at risk unless the EU acts says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has warned that unless the European Union takes greater action in response to the scale of the refugee crisis, more people will risk their lives in order to leave Greece, where some 40,000 people are currently stranded.
March 15, 2016

Christian Aid calls on Osborne to act on global companies' tax

The Chancellor should practice what he preaches in his Budget on Wednesday and stop UK based multinational companies hiding their tax dodging from public view, says Christian Aid.
March 14, 2016

Christian Aid urges world to 'keep working for peace' in Syria

As the Syria conflict enters its sixth year and peace talks resume today in Geneva, Christian Aid has implored the international community to keep on working for peace.
March 10, 2016

Christian Aid warning on closing of Balkan refugee route

European leaders, meeting on 7 March in Brussels, have closed the Balkan route being used by refugees to enter and travel through the EU, in a move Christian Aid warns could be inhumane.
February 8, 2016

Syrians need more than financial pledges, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has welcomed the commitments that were made last week by the UK, Germany, France and others to increase humanitarian support for Syrians and the region. However the charity added that real relief will only happen when the bombs stop.
February 3, 2016

Chancellor's tax reform plan must start now says Christian Aid

George Osborne’s announcement that multinationals should have to publish currently secret information about their global affairs could hail a tremendous breakthrough in the war against tax dodging, Christian Aid said yesterday.
February 1, 2016

EC tax avoidance proposals inadequate says Christian Aid

New European Commission proposals, intended to curb Google-style tax avoidance by multinationals, do not go far enough in helping developing countries keep track of, and tax, the financial manoeuvring of major international companies operating within their borders, warns Christian Aid.
January 19, 2016

Christian Aid Urges Davos to act on Swiss bank secrecy

As politicians and business leaders prepare to gather in Davos next week (20-23 January) for the World Economic Forum, Christian Aid questions whether Switzerland’s role as a haven for “dirty” money from poor countries makes it an appropriate host country.
January 8, 2016

Christian Aid welcomes councils' action on company tax records

A growing number of UK councils are taking companies’ tax records into account when deciding how to award contracts worth tens of billions of pounds, in a trend welcomed by Christian Aid