All stories related to Chile
Chile: trauma and psychosocial care
Aug 31, 2010
Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering, what do we do about it?
Chile: prioritising participation
Aug 31, 2010
ACT members and their partners work with community participation to solve problems after the earthquake
Chile: survivors' camp
Aug 31, 2010
People who lost their houses in the tsunami live in camps like Villa Bosquemar
Chile: television report on ACT work
Aug 31, 2010
TV report from 24 Horas, national television news in Chile, on ACT-supported work after the earthquake
Chile: "a successful earthquake"
Aug 31, 2010
The earthquake in Chile was bigger than that in Haiti, but killed far fewer people. In this sense it was a "successful earthquake".
Chile: post-disaster housing
Aug 27, 2010
SEPADE, a partner of ACT members in Chile, is building for some of the people who lost their houses in the earthquake and tsunami
Chile earthquake: ACT already present
Feb 28, 2010
The quake killed at least 300 people, most of them in their homes.
ACT in Chile
Organisations with HQ in Chile
- Centro Ecuménico Diego de Medellin (Diego de medellin Ecumenical Centre) (CEDM)
- Fundacion de Ayuda Social de las Iglesias Cristianas (Social Aid Foundation of Christian Churches) (FASIC)
Organisations funding work in Chile
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
About Chile
- GNI per capita: US $7,350 (World Bank, 2008)
- Population: 17 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Santiago
- Area: 756,096 sq km (291,930 sq miles)
- Major language: Spanish
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 82 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: Chilean peso
- Main exports: Copper, fish, fruit, paper and pulp, chemicals
- GNI per capita: US$9,400 (World Bank, 2008)