ACT Alliance

ACT in Argentina

Organisations with HQ in Argentina

• Centro Regional Ecuménico de Asesoría y Servicio (Regional Ecumenical Advisory and Service Center) (CREAS)
• Federación Argentina de Iglesias Evangélicas (Argentine Federation of Protestant Churches) (FAIE)
• Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (Evangelical Church of Río de la Plata) (IERP)

International organisations in Argentina

• Church World Service (CWS)
• Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias (Latin American Council of Churches) (CLAI)
• ECLOF International

Organisations funding work in Argentina

• Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
• Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
• Diakonie Austria
• United Church of Canada (UCC)

About Argentina

• Population: 40.2 million (UN, 2009)
• Capital: Buenos Aires
• Area: 2.8 million sq km (1.1 million sq miles)
• Major language: Spanish
• Major religion: Christianity
• Life expectancy: 72 years (men), 79 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 peso = 100 centavos
• Main exports: Food and live animals, mineral fuels, cereals, machinery
• GNI per capita: US $7,200 (World Bank, 2008)