All stories related to India
ACT aids victims of cyclone in south India
Jan 23, 2012
Under the ACT banner, two members are helping families affected by Cyclone Thane
Australians help youth in Delhi's slums
Jan 11, 2012
An innovate partnership aims to short circuit the cycle of poverty for young people in India
Breaking ground: ACT staffer steps up to top Indian body
Aug 10, 2011
An Adivasi activist enters the corridors of power intent on change for India’s poorest
Profile of a humanitarian worker: Dr Shailendra Awale
Aug 18, 2010
Skills for humanitarian work can be developed but the heart must be in the right place, says an Indian doctor.
India hit by cyclone
May 19, 2010
ACT is monitoring the situation in eastern India in the wake of a cyclone.
Tornado in India
Apr 19, 2010
Devastating tornado in Bihar and Bengal destroys thousands of homes and kills more than 130
India: from bust to boom
Mar 10, 2010
A loan saved a young Indian man taking his life in despair at his poverty.
India: protecting the coast and its people
Mar 08, 2010
The effects of the 2004 tsunami threaten the survival of south Indian people even more than the tsunami itself.
India: slum work receives attention
Mar 05, 2010
A partner of Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO) has been working to improve living conditions in slums in Delhi, India, since 1988.
India: Wasteland to bread basket
Mar 05, 2010
Five thousand women with just over 2000 hectares of land are feeding a massive number of people.
India: millions traumatised in Bihar flood
Oct 24, 2008
The flood waters have devastated crops, decimated livestock, damaged or swept away houses and disrupted critical facilities.
ACT in India
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in India
- CASA (Church's Auxiliary for Social Action)
- Christian Agency for Rural Development (CARD)
- Lutheran World Service India Trust
- Synodical Board of Social Services, Church of North India
- United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India
International organisations in India
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Christian Aid
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- DanChurchAid
- ECLOF International
- ICCO
- Kerk In Actie
- Lutheran World Relief
Organisations funding work in India
- Act for Peace
- Australian Lutheran World Service
- Bread for All
- Bread for the World
- Christian World Service
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Diakonie, Austria
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- Icelandic Church Aid
- Lutheran World Relief
- Norwegian Church Aid
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The
- United Church of Canada
- UnitingWorld Relief and Development Unit
About India
- Population: 1.2 billion (UN, 2009)
- Capital: New Delhi
- Most-populated city: Mumbai (Bombay)
- Area: 3.1 million sq km (1.2 million sq miles), excluding Indian-administered Kashmir (100,569 sq km/38,830 sq miles)
- Major languages: Hindi, English and at least 16 other official languages
- Major religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism
- Life expectancy: 62 years (men), 65 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Indian Rupee = 100 paise
- Main exports: Agricultural products, textile goods, gems and jewellery, software services and technology, engineering goods, chemicals, leather products
- GNI per capita: US $1070 (World Bank, 2008)