Middle East bishop meets Jimmy Carter on peace mission

by | Nov 20, 2007

Peace and justice advocate Bishop Munib A. Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) has met with former US President Jimmy Carter to discuss initiatives relating to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Bishop Younan was also invited by...

Delegation uncovers human rights abuses in the Philippines

by | Nov 19, 2007

Berlin Guerrero, a pastor of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, was driving his family back home after an evening worship service when the car was stopped by gunmen. The pastor was taken at gunpoint and dragged into a van. His hands were hogtied. A...

Christian Aid launches appeal after Bangladesh cyclone

by | Nov 19, 2007

Christian Aid today (Monday) launched an appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people who urgently need food, shelter, clothing and medical help following the cyclone in Bangladesh. An initial two week emergency response programme is already underway which will be...

Agencies rush aid into cyclone devastated Bangladesh

by | Nov 19, 2007

Coastal communities in Bangladesh and north-east India scrambled to shelters as a category four cyclone, with wind speeds of around 150 mph, caused devastation over the weekend – with nearly 3,000 dead so far, and the total likely to move toward 10,000. The area...

Feeling flush? Give a toilet on World Toilet Day

by | Nov 19, 2007

Every year 19th November is World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day falls on the day in 1792 when the Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals was patented. But campaigners say it also a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise...