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Inside Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp

Nov 28, 2012

The population of the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan has already surpassed 41,000 and is expected to reach peak capacity of 60,000 shortly, as more Syrians flee fighting.

South Sudan camp managers brace for new arrivals

Nov 05, 2012

More than 110,000 Sudanese refugees are living in four camps in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan, with more expected imminently as fighting continues.

Indians march for land rights

Oct 08, 2012

The 'Jan Satyagraha,' the world's largest march for land justice, aims to help lift 400 million Indians out of poverty.

Philippine floods devastate capital

Sep 17, 2012

For two and half days it rained; flood waters rose, homes were destroyed and lives ultimately lost. At the last count more than 60 people had been killed in and around Manila.

Mali: Lives blighted by food crisis and conflict

Sep 02, 2012

More than 19 million people in the Sahel region of west Africa are in the midst of a severe food crisis. ACT Alliance member Christian Aid has provided much needed help to some of the worst affected communities, but the situation continues to deteriorate.

Food crisis deepens in West Africa

Feb 22, 2012

Pictures from Burkina Faso near the border with Mali. Millions in the region are on the brink of famine.

ACT donates more food to displaced victims in Preah Vihear

Mar 08, 2011

ACT helps displaced people suffering from four days of fighting in early February between Cambodian and Thai troops around Preah Vihear temple

Sri Lanka: untold agricultural damage

Feb 16, 2011

Floods have returned to Sri Lanka with a vengeance, decimated crops and hitting labourers and small farmers hardest

Sudan: Decades of petitioning led to victory

Feb 10, 2011

With the Sudanese voting 99 percent in favour of secession, ACT members and church leaders can look back on decades of work with a sense of real achievement

Brazil: Novo Friburgo floods

Jan 28, 2011

A gallery of images from Gustavo Bonato, working for the ACT forum in Brazil, showing the devastation in Nova Friburgo

Kyrgyzstan four months on - emerging from trauma

Nov 10, 2010

Images from the second ACT assessment mission to Osh in Kyrgyzstan show the ongoing trauma from the violence in June

Kyrgyzstan four months on - rebuilding

Nov 10, 2010

Images from the second ACT assessment mission to Osh in Kyrgyzstan show the ongoing trauma from the violence in June, and some of the progress in rebuilding