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Kenya: digging for water in the midst of drought
Sep 24, 2011
Kenyans are fighting back the worst drought in 60 years
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
Political stalemate over Palestine must end - ACT
Sep 23, 2011
ACT Alliance calls for an immediate end to the stalemate causing suffering and death in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Mogadishu: 44% of children in hospital severely hungry
Sep 22, 2011
ACT has provided over US $720,000 in medical supplies to Mogadishu, including aerial transport of more than 15 tons of medicines and equipment
The safe haven in Dadaab
Sep 22, 2011
Safe from sexual violence at a refuge in Dadaab, women fleeing desperate situations can re-build
Surviving the drought, and preparing for the next one
Sep 22, 2011
Kenyans are digging boreholes, building catchment tanks and excavating dams in a bid to keep drought at bay
Dadaab: faiths come together for huge Eid party
Sep 01, 2011
Over 200,000 Somali refugees have celebrated Eid Al-Fitr in Kenya for the first time
Ethiopia: medication needed to tackle measles
Aug 30, 2011
Measles outbreaks, decaying animal carcasses and even ash contamination from volcanic activity are combining to threaten lives in the Afar communities of Ethiopia, but ACT is working hard to address the needs of a struggling community further impoverished by drought.
World Humanitarian Day: people helping people
Aug 19, 2011
Every day, humanitarian workers help millions of people around the world. But the cost can be high
Countering the change: African youth taking on climate change
Aug 18, 2011
Africa's youth are fighting climate change, with the launch of a pan-African climate change campaign
ABC News reports from Dadaab camp
Aug 18, 2011
ABC News today reports from Dadaab refugee camp, managed by ACT member the Lutheran World Federation. See the report, aired on Australian television, here
Ethiopia: the elderly have stopped eating
Aug 18, 2011
Ethiopian elders are starving themselves out for the sake of the children
Horn of Africa: more energy and attention needed
Aug 16, 2011
As the UN revises up the number of drought-hit people in the Horn, ACT says the region's people need more than simply food and water
Ethiopia: setting up camp on hard soil
Aug 15, 2011
Officials must decide whether a new extension to Dollo Odo is needed, just weeks after a fourth camp there was opened