Award for Mali NGO highlights human rights dimension of HIV

by | Nov 30, 2007

A civic organisation in Mali has won the International Service Human Rights Award for the Defence of Human Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS. The Association pour le Developpement et l’Appui Communautaire (ADAC) – the Association for Community Development and...

Rich have reneged on pledges to the poor, says church agency

by | Nov 25, 2007

Rich countries have utterly reneged on their promise to pay £200 million (US$410m) a year to help poor countries cope with climate change, international development agency Christian Aid claims. Had the promise been kept, wealthier countries would have now contributed...

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...

Christian Aid says Climate Change Bill is not sufficient

by | Nov 18, 2007

You can buy Christian Aid gifts and support Present Aid online here. International development agency Christian Aid has accused the British government of short-sightedness after the world’s first Climate Change Bill was published containing targets widely condemned as...