http://www.actalliance.org Syndication is Not Allowed Syndication is not Allowed Syndication is not Allowed http://www.actalliance.org/stories/world-renew-in-niger 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. No publisher 2013-05-31T11:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/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. No publisher Isaiah Toroitich 2013-05-24T09:42:06Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/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. No publisher Isaiah Toroitich 2013-05-22T07:45:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/colombia-human-rights Colombia's recent progress in promoting human rights is promising, but the country still has a long way to go in meeting its obligations in this area. No publisher 2013-05-02T10:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/earthquake-survivors-to-receive-essential-supplies Humanitarian organisations assess damage from the powerful April 20 earthquake and prepare to bring relief supplies to the region. No publisher 2013-04-20T17:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/egypt 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. No publisher 2013-04-19T11:50:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/2018it-rained-like-we-had-never-seen-it-rain-2019 Read stories reported from the field that describe the impacts of ongoing support to flood-affected Pakistani communities since 2010. No publisher 2013-04-04T14:10:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/unequal-access-to-clean-water-threatens-international-peace-and-progress Unequal access to clean water still remains one of the world’s biggest abuses of human rights and challenges to development – creating millions of avoidable illnesses and deaths every year. No publisher 2013-03-22T10:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/floods-in-mozambique-4 In the wake of heavy floods, ACT Mozambique has moved quickly to help meet not only the short-term needs of affected communities, but also to reduce their vulnerabilities to future natural disasters. No publisher 2013-03-14T13:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/darfur-programme Ten years ago, ACT Alliance and Caritas teamed up in Darfur to provide life-saving essentials, health care and education to hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing violence. Read what else has been accomplished in the last decade. No publisher by Laura Sheahen 2013-03-13T15:30:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/violence-against-women-and-girls UN member states must fulfil their obligations to tackle the causes and consequences of widespread violence against women and girls – which have devastating effects not only on victims, but also on progress toward sustainable international peace and development. No publisher 2013-03-06T13:55:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/leprosy-patients-darfur Stricken with a deforming disease, forced to flee bullets and their homes, ostracised even in a camp for displaced people, leprosy patients receive the support they need. No publisher by Laura Sheahen 2013-02-28T13:10:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/innovative-aid-programme-helps-syrian-refugees-in-armenia 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. No publisher 2013-02-27T16:30:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/ten-years-on-darfuris-still-arriving-at-camps Newly uprooted Darfuris continue to arrive in camps after shooting and violence drove them from their homes in recent weeks. No publisher by Laura Sheahen 2013-02-26T09:25:00Z Story http://www.actalliance.org/stories/darfur-refugee-life-1 See the human impact of nutrition, water, medical and other programmes in the faces of Darfur civilians living in camps for the internally displaced. No publisher 2013-02-20T09:45:00Z Story