World Renew linking relief and rehabilitation with development
ACT member World Renew links short-term humanitarian interventions with longer-term development to ensure that the injection of resources impacts on long term goals in Niger.
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In the wake of the Arab Spring, Egyptians must navigate harsh new realities
The democratic uprisings across the Middle East have produced huge economic ripples in the region, forcing many Egyptians working abroad to return to their home communities, which are in desperate need of revitalisation.
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Devastation caused by landmines reaches far beyond injury and death
Richard MacCormac, head of humanitarian mine action for DanChurchAid, talks about the dangerous and multi-faceted nature of landmine clearance.
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Innovative programme helps Syrian Armenians adjust to new life in ancestral home
Fleeing Syria to escape violence, thousands of Syrian Armenians have sought refuge in their ancestral home. A new voucher system enables them to buy essential items.
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Global Commitment Needed to Tackle Inequality and Climate Crisis
ACT Alliance's General Secretary, John Nduna, responds to the shifts in the goals of global development recommended by the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Marking World Environment Day: hunger and climate change
World Environment Day, June 5th: one of the drivers of poverty and hunger in the world today is climate change.
Land Reform Breakthrough in Colombia Peace Talks
ACT Alliance General Secretary: land reform agreements are a major breakthrough in the peace process in Colombia.
Community resilience features at disaster summit
As this year’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction conference comes to an end, ACT Alliance and its members resolve to work even harder to build the resilience of communities towards disasters and the impacts of climate change.
ACT Alliance awards best work to mitigate the effects of climate change
The ACT Alliance Climate Change Award for 2013 was given May 21st to RDRS Bangladesh for best practice in its project, alleviating poverty through disaster risk reduction, which has been implemented in North West part of Bangladesh.
Equity must drive new climate change deal
A new global climate change agreement must ensure that fairness towards poor countries with the least responsibility for carbon emissions is central to future negotiations.
Nepal training advances local and global tactics to tackle climate change
Members from eight Asian countries met last week in Nepal to share their experiences and develop strategies on how to better influence governments to address climate change.
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