by Sean Reilly | Sep 10, 2008
A new alliance of religious and secular groups committed to cooperation to “make poverty history in the UK” is to be launched on Thursday 11 September 2008, with involvement from major churches and Christian agencies. The ‘Get Fair’ includes in...
by Sean Reilly | Aug 1, 2008
International development agency Christian Aid says the blame for the collapse of the latest Doha Development Round talks in Geneva lies squarely with major agricultural exporting countries putting self-interest above other considerations. The talks were supposed to...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 21, 2008
President Roosevelt must be turning in his grave. The mortgage guarantee institution that was created to help solve America’s depression-era housing crisis seems to have had a central role in instigating a new economic crisis – and perhaps even a new depression....
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Daleep Mukarji, the director of UK-based international development agency Christian Aid, has been awarded the OBE in recognition of a long career dedicated to working for the elimination of poverty worldwide. “I am delighted to have received the honour of an...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 15, 2008
Faith leaders in the world’s riches nation say it is time to stop the “poverty train” in the United States and rescue its 37 million citizens living below the poverty line – reports Jose Pano de Carlo. The Democratic Faith Working Group (DFWG)...