ACT Alliance Assembly, Arusha

Thursday, October 21, 2010

  • john1.jpgJohn Nduna, General Secretary of the ACT Alliance, speaks to the press during the ACT Alliance Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania.
  • primeminister.jpgThe Hon. Frederick Sumaye, ex-Prime Minister of the Republic of Tanzania, addresses the press after speaking to the ACT Alliance Assembly in Arusha.
  • strategicplanning1.jpgDuring the ACT Assembly nearly 100 organisations took part in a strategic planning process.
  • primeministerandjohn.jpgHon. Frederick Sumaye, ex-Prime Minister, speaks with John Nduna, General Secretary of the ACT Alliance during the ACT Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania.
  • strategicplanning-2.jpgParticipants in the ACT Alliance Assembly in Arusha Tanzania, take part in a strategic planning exercise underneath the portrait of the late Julius Nyerere, first President of the Republic of Tanzania.

More than 100 organisations that make up the ACT Alliance have met in Tanzania, and concluded their first global assembly by electing governing bodies and affirming strategic directions for their work over the next four years.

ACT Alliance is one of the biggest aid and development alliances in the world, and works in 140 countries with a global budget of $1.6 billion a year and 31,000 staff and volunteers.

Senior staff from ACT’s 100+ member organisations have drawn up clear ideas of the way they want to work and the results they hopes to achieve in humanitarian aid and long-term development.

The Rev. Cornelia Fullkrug-Weitzel, who was elected as moderator, is executive director of two large aid organisations based in Germany: Bread for the World and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, both members of the ACT Alliance.

The Rev. Fransisco de Asis da Silva, who was elected as Vice-Moderator, works closely with two members of ACT in Brazil, CESE and Koinonia, and heads the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

The meeting was hosted by ACT members TCRS and ELCT.