Christian Aid launches UK appeal for Bihar floods

The UK-based churches’ development agency Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal in response to the devastating floods in Bihar, India. More than 2.5 million people have been affected and it’s feared that thousands have died. Churches across...

Cyclone Nargis is a tsunami scale disaster, say agencies

Development agencies say that the final outcome of the Burmese cyclone disaster, which latest reports suggest has claimed over 23,000 lives, may be on the scale of the Asian tsunami a few years ago. They are urging a global response. Some 41,000 people are also...

Earthquakes hit Great Lakes region of Africa

Regional and international staff working for major church agencies involved in the region are consulting about relief interventions in the immediate aftermath of a series of quakes in Africa’s Great Lakes area. Initial reports from news and development agencies...

Food shortages threaten as floods hit Southern Africa

Extreme rainfall in Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe has caused severe flooding with devastating consequences – including food shortages to come as farmers’ crops are washed away, warn international church and development bodies. UK-based agency Christian Aid...