Today’s guest post is by Katie Harrison, Head of Media & Corporate Communications at Tearfund. Katie visited Iraq in August and experienced first-hand what many refugees there are going through. Katie tweets at @KatieHarrisonTF. ———— When news broke of David Haines’ abduction… Read More ›
Today’s guest post is by Joe Ware, Christian Aid’s Church & Campaigns Journalist. This piece is taken from his recent interview with Father Jens. Joe tweets at @wareisjoe. ———— A Swiss monk working with Christian Aid in Northern Iraq has spoken of people fleeing… Read More ›
According to a ComRes poll for the Mirror in June, a quarter of Britons (24 per cent) have lost faith in the police. Back in February another piece of research also conducted by ComRes for the Christian human rights organisation,… Read More ›
This week, three of my fellow bloggers have travelled to Cambodia with Tearfund to visit communities living in poverty being transformed through the local church. They are meeting people who are being given a hand up from poverty thanks to… Read More ›
Late on Friday night I received a message from a friend at Christian Aid who was considerably concerned about a Telegraph article that had just been published entitled Charity millions ‘going to Syrian terror groups’. The strap line under the headline… Read More ›
It’s now a week since the G8 summit took place in Northern Ireland. The dust has had time to settle and we’re at the point where initial assessments of the successes and failures have begun to roll in. For those… Read More ›
Dear Prime Minister Back in January of this year you recorded a video message setting out the UK’s position on global hunger. You said: “The UK is leading the fight against global hunger. The generosity of our people and the… Read More ›
It’s the Big IF London today. I’ll be there and will be reporting back afterwards. In the meantime please watch this wonderful video from 24-7 Prayer and World Vision and then think about what you can do to respond.
Christian Aid Week is nearly here once again and a new TV advert has been launched screening at prime time on all the UK’s major commercial channels to coincide with it. The Christian Aid website tells the story of the… Read More ›
Last year my family followed Christian Aid’s ‘Count Your Blessings’ calendar for Lent which provides daily reflections to remind us of the way we are so blessed in this country and also pray for those in the world’s poorest communities… Read More ›
Sometimes when I’m praying to God about the big things in life, at the back of my mind even though I have complete faith that He can do anything, I struggle to believe that some problems will ever go away even if… Read More ›
Earlier this week Open Doors published their annual World Watch List of the top 50 countries where Christian persecution is most severe. You can read more of Open Doors’ analysis and stories behind the numbers in this post I produced following their press… Read More ›
Today is World Food Day. World Food Day is a global initiative started by the UN in 1945 and has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger. To… Read More ›
As you’ve probably heard, David Cameron is currently over in the US attending the United Nations General Assembly. Last night he gave a speech at the first meeting of a new high-level panel tasked by Ban-Ki moon, the UN secretary general, with… Read More ›
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report 2012 was launched last week in New York by Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs. The good news is that three important MDG… Read More ›
Very welcome news from the Government on its commitment to increase its cooperation with Christian and other faith groups in delivering international development. The following comes from today’s press release from the Department for International Development (DFID): Faith groups and… Read More ›
Following on from yesterday’s Queen’s Speech, where the Government’s legislative plans for the coming year have been set out, my Twitter feed went into overdrive as the comments and analysis flowed in. Having had a good look at what the… Read More ›
Tearfund are giving global initiative 58: a big plug today, so I thought I’d join them. This is what 58: says about itself on its website: ’58: is an unprecedented, action-based, global alliance of Christians, churches and international poverty-fighting organizations… Read More ›
Very good news from Christian Aid! This year as part of Christian Aid Week, the Department for International Development (DFID) will match the first £5m donated pound for pound, enabling even more people in poor communities around the world work… Read More ›
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