Christian Aid launches new 'Count Your Blessings' mobile app for Lent
February 11 2013 - With Lent beginning on Wednesday February 13, Christian Aid has launched a brand new mobile app to help people pause and think about their lives and those of others around the world.
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Humanitarian groups: International community is 'failing the people of Syria'
January 29 2013 - On the eve of a key meeting of donor counties, a coalition of six international humanitarian agencies has warned that the UN’s record $1.5 billion Syria humanitarian appeal remains only 3% funded, and some of the world’s richest countries have failed to provide sufficient support.
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Christian Aid condems shooting of Brazilian landless rights leader
January 28 2013 - Christian Aid has condemned the fatal shooting of Brazilian landless rights leader Cicero Guedes on Saturday. Mr Guedes, 54, a sugar cane cutter, was the leader of the landless people’s movement (MST) and was killed while returning home from a meeting on his bicycle.
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Monsoon and Christian Aid help revive the silk industry in Afghanistan
January 28 2013 - An exciting new partnership between high street retailer Monsoon and development agency Christian Aid, which will help revive the two thousand-year-old tradition of silk production in Afghanistan, was announced today. The two-year project aims to lift 1,500 women and their families out of extreme poverty and potentially lead to international market access for silk producers in the country.
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Escalating violence in northern Mali is fuelling hunger in the Sahel
January 25 2013 - The recent escalation of fighting and the subsequent displacement of people within Mali and to neighbouring countries is exacerbating the Sahel’s chronic food crisis and contributing to ever-rising levels of malnutrition, warns Yacouba Kone, Christian Aid’s Mali country director.
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Christian Aid Collective invites young people to share a meal and discuss issues of faith and injustice
January 18 2013 - The Christian Aid Collective is to host a series of meals around the country, where young Christians can share food and discuss what they can do together to end global poverty.
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Christian Aid and Institute of Fundraising develop one hundred new fundraisers
January 7 2013 - In a drive to inspire generous giving and ensure a positive future, Christian Aid has invested in some specially tailored training for over one hundred of its regional and headquarters staff. Working with the Institute of Fundraising (IoF), the charity developed a three day classroom-based course which, taken with a short online IoF course, leads to staff being awarded the IoF’s Introduction to Fundraising Certificate.
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Christian Aid launches a new youth collective to engage young people on issues of faith and injustice
December 18 2012 - Christian Aid has launched a new movement to encourage and inspire young people to come together to tackle injustice.
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Bishop to sleep in a stable to raise £5000 for charity
December 14 2012 - Next week the Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Revd Christopher Lowson, will be spending a cold winter’s night in a stable to raise money for those without a roof over their head.
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Dr Rowan Williams to become new chair of Christian Aid board
11 December 2012 - Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is to become chairman of the board of trustees of Christian Aid, the international development agency, next year.
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Christian Aid welcomes new Isle of Man tax information sharing deal
December 11 2012 - Christian Aid welcomes the Isle of Man government’s decision to move to a more comprehensive form of tax information sharing with the UK.
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First Angolan teenagers win International Diana Award for HIV awareness campaign
Christian Aid’s long term partner, Women's Christian Union of Angola, wins prestigious International Diana Award for their ‘Girls building Bridges’ project and their work on HIV awareness in the poverty stricken suburbs of the Angolan capital city, Luanda.
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Doha talks fail to avert climate Qatar-strophe says Christian Aid
8 December 2012 - The world remains on track for climate chaos after countries at the UN summit in Doha failed to agree anything more than a deal allowing talks to continue towards a global treaty by 2015.
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UK government must do more to tackle financial secrecy
December 7 2012 - As the world observes International Anti-Corruption Day on Sunday (December 9), Christian Aid reiterates its call for the UK government to do more to end financial secrecy.
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Christian Aid appoints new regional head of London
December 6 2012 - Christian Aid has appointed Mark Sturge as the head of its new London regional team. Mark, who ran his own development consultancy business and worked as General Director of the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance (ACEA) for eight years, will lead on Christian Aid’s relationship with the Church and community in Greater London.
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Government must follow aid pledge with action on tax and environment
December 5 2012 - Christian Aid today welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to commit 0.7 per cent of gross national income next year to overseas aid, but called for a coherent tax strategy to benefit poorer countries.
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Thousands displaced as Typhoon Bopha hits Philippines
December 5 2012 - Christian Aid is releasing emergency funds to local partners to purchase food and distribute emergency cash to vulnerable communities displaced by Typhoon Bopha. Thousands of people are still in evacuation centres after the typhoon hit eastern Mindanao, in the Philippines, yesterday morning.
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Christian Aid welcomes UK climate finance pledge
December 4 2012 - Christian Aid today welcomed the UK's promise to provide new money for poorer countries to adapt to the effects of climate change – and called on other developed countries to follow suit.
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Christian Aid welcomes report saying tax dodging is 'moral' issue
December 3 2012 - Christian Aid today welcomed a House of Commons committee’s report on tax dodging by multinationals, which puts morality at the heart of the tax debate, and said the harm the practice causes to developing countries should be seen in the same light.
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Christian Aid calls on UK to support the Palestinian bid at the UN
November 28 2012 - Christian Aid has called on the British Government not to oppose UN recognition of a Palestinian state.
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UK should follow Germany's lead and scrap shoddy Swiss tax deal
November 23 2012 - Christian Aid is urging the UK Government to abandon its shoddy tax deal with Switzerland, after the upper house of the German Parliament today struck down its own similar treaty with Switzerland.
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Christian Aid calls upon UK Government to act further on upsurge of violence in DRC
November 22 2012 - Christian Aid welcomes the UK Government’s initiative to engage urgently with the Congolese, Rwandan and Ugandan governments to help peace and stability return to the Democratic Republic of Congo in light of the M23 rebels’ takeover of Goma and further advances in the east of the country.
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Christian Aid welcomes Gaza ceasefire
November 21 2012 - Christian Aid welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza and urges all parties to reach a lasting, comprehensive and just peace.
Gaza ceasefire
David Cameron's support for tax justice is cause for celebration: Christian Aid
November 20 2012 - The Prime Minister’s backing for tax justice throughout the world won a delighted welcome today from Christian Aid, which has a longstanding campaign against multinationals’ tax dodging.
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Christian Aid launches Gaza appeal
November 20 2012 - Christian Aid is launching an appeal (www.christianaid.org.uk/emergency) in response to the mounting humanitarian needs in Gaza and the on-going crisis across the Middle East to support vulnerable communities affected by political instability in the region.
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UK should help Pakistan catch up with tax dodgers, says Christian Aid
November 16 2012 - The UK Government should help Pakistan boost its disastrously low tax revenues by breaking down global financial secrecy and helping the country get information on Pakistani citizens’ accounts in Britain and other tax havens, Christian Aid has told MPs.
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Government ignores vital proposals that would deter multinational tax dodging
November 13 2012 - Just a day after MPs in the Public Accounts Committee grilled multinational bosses over tax avoidance in the UK, the Government has refused to support recommendations that would increase transparency and reduce tax dodging in countries both rich and poor, says Christian Aid.
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British companies risk 'reputational damage' in Colombia mining boom
November 12 2012 - Plans for a massive expansion of Colombia’s mining industry could cost the country dear in terms of human rights violations, environmental damage and lost tax revenues, a new report warns.
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Archbishop of Canterbury succession - Christian Aid comment
November 09 2012 - Responding to the news that the Right Reverend Justin Welby will succeed Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury, Christian Aid’s Director Loretta Minghella said:
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Food event is a precious opportunity to tackle causes of hunger
November 02 2012 - Christian Aid today welcomed David Cameron’s announcement of an event next year on food and hunger, which currently afflicts some 870 million people globally.
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New development action plan must be fair, green and global, says Christian Aid
October 30 2012 - Europe is a prime export market for goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory despite the EU recognising that the settlements are illegal under international law, says a new report from a coalition of 22 non-governmental organisations, including Christian Aid.
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Call for ban on Israeli settlement goods
October 30 2012 - Europe is a prime export market for goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory despite the EU recognising that the settlements are illegal under international law, says a new report from a coalition of 22 non-governmental organisations, including Christian Aid.
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New Present Aid feature makes group giving easy this Christmas
October 24 2012 - Present Aid www.presentaid.org, Christian Aid’s virtual gift shop, is launching a new website which, for the first time, enables individuals to contribute towards a larger group gift online this Christmas.
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Filipino slum dwellers use science to fight flooding
October 12 2012 - To mark this year’s Earth Science Week (14-19 October), international development charity Christian Aid is launching Big River Rising, an interactive documentary which demonstrates the importance of science in helping Filipino slum dwellers cope with flooding that claims innocent lives every year.
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‘Jan Satyagraha’ protest ends with land rights 'victory' for marchers
October 11 2012 - Tens of thousands of marchers converging on the Indian capital Delhi in pursuit of land reform called off their protest today following Government agreement to their demands.
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Welcome for Justine Greening speech on aid, women and transparency
October 09 2012 - Welcoming Justine Greening’s speech to the Conservative Party in Birmingham today, Christian Aid’s Senior UK Political Adviser, Sol Oyuela, said:
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India: World's largest march to protect land for the poor
October 02 2012 - The world’s largest march for land rights starts tomorrow, 3 October, and will see an expected 100,000 people on the move in India, converging on Delhi to demand a fairer share of land and resources.
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Christian Aid welcomes Ivan Lewis speech on tackling causes of poverty
October 01 2012 - Commenting on a speech today by Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis at the Labour Party conference, in which he spoke of the need to tackle the fundamental causes of poverty, Christian Aid’s Senior UK Political Adviser Sol Oyuela said:
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New floods in northern India force 800,000 to flee
September 25 2012 - INCESSANT rains in the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh for the past 19 days have forced 800,000 people to flee to higher ground after flood waters breached river dykes and embankments.
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Time for UK to back demands for multinationals to come clean on tax
September 19 2012 - New laws to force multinational corporations to reveal more about their financial affairs have come a step closer after a vote yesterday in the European Parliament.
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‘Tax dodgers should be shamed’ says Peter Oborne
September 14 2012 - Political commentator and Daily Telegraph journalist Peter Oborne called for tax dodgers to be named and shamed at a debate on the morality of tax dodging on Thursday night.
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Andrew Mitchell has done well - now DFID needs an exit strategy from aid
September 4 2012 - Christian Aid Director Loretta Minghella comments on the Cabinet reshuffle as it affects the Department for International Development.
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