ACT Alliance

Koinonia highlights importance of DRR training

Jan 16, 2012

As part of an ACT appeal, members are coordinating to help mitigate and respond to natural disasters

Why we should still give to rich Brazil

Jan 11, 2012

Middle-income countries continue to need help, writes Christian Aid Director Loretta Minghella

Food, seeds and hope – ACT Colombia flood response

Jan 06, 2012

This story on The Lutheran World Federation's blog discusses ACT's efforts to assist flood victims

Keep Kyoto agreement afloat, demand protesters

Nov 30, 2011

ACT members urged COP17 delegates to save the world’s only legally binding climate deal

Renewable energy: Africa can lead the way

Nov 30, 2011

A new ACT member report highlights the huge potential for Africa to start generating new energy sources

Kenya: the drought is stifling dreams

Sep 24, 2011

In Kibanui, eastern Kenya, ACT member Anglican Church of Kenya is digging deep to protect the region from drought

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: Rio de Janeiro farmers struggling to revive their land

Feb 10, 2011

With crops washed away and no land available to rent, farmers like Waldeli Andrade have a bleak future.

Brazil: Salvaging hope after deadly floods

Feb 01, 2011

Brazil needs more support to continue the recovery effort following deadly floods and landslides.

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

Brazil: ACT getting relief to most vulnerable

Jan 20, 2011

In the worst-affected areas of Brazil, ACT members are distributing relief goods.

Sri Lanka: one million driven from homes or land

Jan 17, 2011

The number of people affected tops one million as flooding in Sri Lanka worsens

Southern Sudan: all parties must ensure referendum is free and fair, urges ACT Alliance

Jan 09, 2011