Christian Aid News

Syria's double refugees face overcrowding and hardship in Lebanon

02 April 2013 12:06 GMT

2 April 2013 - DEC reaches needs of Palestinian refugees, who risk missing out on vital help. Palestinians who have fled the violence in Syria are facing overcrowding, poor shelter and hardship in Lebanon, aid agencies from the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee said today.

Energy Bill could be key to a low carbon future

02 April 2013 10:00 GMT

Ask your MP to support a more ambitious energy bill with a target to reduce carbon emissions for the UK power sector to near-zero by 2030.

West Africa food crisis: how we are responding

24 January 2012 14:56 GMT

How we're helping our partners respond to the food crisis in west Africa and why your donations are urgently needed.

Its time to make multinationals pay their fair share of tax, campaigners urge

27 March 2013 12:06 GMT

27 March 2013 - The international system for taxing multinationals is broken and out of date, with many loopholes which allow unscrupulous companies to avoid paying their fair share - as the recent Google, Amazon and Starbucks scandals have shown. So say 58 campaigning organisations today, in a response to the OECDs February report Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.

How you make a difference

03 January 2013 12:24 GMT

Find out more about what our partners are doing in Bolivia, Kenya and Zimbabwe to bite back at hunger and change the lives of thousands.

Act

03 January 2013 12:24 GMT

Today around 870 million people are desperate for food. Join us on 12-18 May 2013, to bite back at hunger.

Fantastic result on aid, but still work to do on tax justice

21 March 2013 10:00 GMT

Your incredible support has been impossible to ignore and the 2013 Budget has delivered a big win for the world's poor, but there's still work to do on tax justice.

David Cameron urged to put tax at heart of new plan to tackle global poverty

25 March 2013 12:06 GMT

25 March 2013 - David Cameron and other leaders working on a global anti-poverty plan should ensure it helps poor countries collect the tax billions they are owed, Christian Aid urges today, on the eve of new talks on the plan in Bali, Indonesia.

Budget: Historic achievement on aid but missed opportunity on tax dodging

20 March 2013 12:06 GMT

20 March 2013 - Responding to the Chancellors Budget today, Christian Aid Director Loretta Minghella said: Today, a 40 year-old promise to the worlds poorest was finally delivered. We congratulate the Government for ensuring that - even in challenging economic times this country has done the right thing by the hundreds of millions of women and men around the world living in poverty.

Christian Aid internship open for applications

15 March 2013 12:06 GMT

15 March 2013 - Christian Aid is looking for people who are passionate about global justice to apply for its 2013/14 internship programme online by 2 April 2013 at www.christianaidcollective.org/how-apply.

Britons boycott tax avoiders

28 February 2013 15:15 GMT

A Christian Aid commissionned ComRes survey about public perceptions around tax avoidance, found 34% of Britons say that they are currently boycotting products or services of a company because it does not pay its fair share of tax in the UK.

International Women's Day gallery

06 March 2013 14:52 GMT

Please join us as we reflect on the role women play in societies across the world and on the dangers and the challenges they face.

Gaza crisis: background and response

04 March 2013 14:30 GMT

Following the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel in November 2012, Christian Aid's partners have been working tirelessly to help those in desperate need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

Christian Aid applauds Justine Greening's speech on girls and women

04 March 2013 12:06 GMT

4 March 2013 - 'Christian Aid warmly welcomes Justine Greening's focus to help women and girls have greater choice, voice and control in their lives. This Friday the world marks International Women's Day and today activists, academics, officials and ministers gather in New York for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).'