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Chile: prioritising participation
Aug 31, 2010
ACT members and their partners work with community participation to solve problems after the earthquake
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
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)