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Haiti: Green growth will help Haiti heal
Jan 25, 2011
Development in the rural areas of Haiti will ensure the country develops, a senior politician says.
South Sudan: Happy to be home, even if home is under a tree
Jan 24, 2011
Every day more than 2000 people of southern Sudanese origin return ‘home’ from years of living in the north. ACT members are poised to help them with the homecoming
Brazil: ACT getting relief to most vulnerable
Jan 20, 2011
In the worst-affected areas of Brazil, ACT members are distributing relief goods.
Southern Sudan: A bloodless bullet for women’s rights
Jan 20, 2011
Women took to the polls in high numbers in last weeks' referendum, with many seeing the ballot box as a unique means of being truly heard.
Refugees from Côte d'Ivoire
Jan 19, 2011
Mirva Moilanen's pictures of refugees in border villages in Liberia. Most of the refugees say that they left their homes when the residents of a neighbouring village ran through their village, towards the border
Haiti: Michicu camp
Jan 18, 2011
Michicu camp is run by ACT member NCA and provides special care for disabled and elderly survivors of the earthquake
Haiti remembers, one year on
Jan 18, 2011
Image gallery of photos by Paul Jeffrey, exactly one year after the earthquake in Haiti
Haiti: tempo of recovery worrying
Jan 18, 2011
Each day, ACT Alliance member Norwegian Church Aid assists 130,000 Haitians, survivors of last year’s massive earthquake. One year on, NCA’s general secretary, Atle Sommerfeldt, returns to Haiti to assess progress and consider the challenges.
Haiti: home-building relies on political processes
Jan 17, 2011
ACT members are rearing to build more houses for the residents of camps. Although some have been able to provide new homes, issues over land tenure still stand firmly in the way.
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
Ivory Coast: ACT urges end to political impasse
Jan 14, 2011
Political stalemate in Ivory Coast risks worsening the humanitarian crisis.
Haiti: Many small steps to progress
Jan 13, 2011
ACT Alliance moderator Pastor Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel talks about her heartrending trip to Haiti.
Haiti: back to school
Jan 12, 2011
Picture gallery about ACT member IOCC's work on education in Haiti
Sleeping with the ballot boxes in Sudan’s referendum
Jan 12, 2011
Nils Carstensen meets the people who are keeping vigil for democracy in Eastern Equatoria, Sudan
Liberian town welcomes Ivory Coast refugees
Jan 12, 2011
Mirva Moilanen explores how the town of Bahn in Liberia is adjusting to changes brought about by the political situation in Ivory Coast.