Press releases August 2007
Our archive of press releases
Christian Aid welcomes Gordon Brown's focus on global poverty
Christian Aid welcomes the Prime Minister’s public commitment to combat what he calls the ‘emergency’ of global poverty.
Brown's focus on poverty
Christian Aid calls for an end to the harrasment of human rights defenders
Angolan government officials have recently accused seven human rights organisations of illegal activities. Two Christian Aid partners, SOS Habitat and the Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy (AJPD), are among those publicly named as lawbreakers.
Human rights defenders
Christian Aid says Arusha peace talks on Darfur must not repeat past mistakes
On Friday 3 August 2007 a joint African Union/United Nations meeting in Arusha, Tanzania will try to establish a framework for peace talks between the Darfur rebel groups and the government of Sudan.
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Floods hit South Asia
Christian Aid emergency staff in South Asia are working with local partner organisations to co-ordinate its response, after the worst floods in years hit a large swathe of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Floods hit South Asia
Christian Aid gives cautious welcome to Arusha talks outcome
Christian Aid welcomes the conclusion of the Arusha talks as a step towards greater cooperation between rebels which will pave the way for serious negotiations.
Arusha outcome
Christian Aid launches Asia flood appeal
Christian Aid is today launching an appeal to help more than 20 million people in India and Bangladesh who have been affected by the worst flooding there in living memory.
Asia flood appeal
Christian Aid says elections are crucial test for Sierra Leone
Christian Aid says the presidential and legislative elections which will be held on 11 August 2007 are a crucial test of whether Sierra Leone has truly turned away from conflict. The country is still struggling to recover from a devastating 11-year civil war.
Crucial elections
Marchers challenge Morrisons
Campaigners meet supermarket bosses today to urge them to come clean about their contribution to climate change.
Marchers challenge Morrisons
Freedom! sculpture finds permanent home in new slavery museum
The Haitian Freedom! sculpture, commissioned by Christian Aid and National Museums Liverpool, becomes a key exhibit in the new International Slavery Museum.
Haitian Freedom! sculpture
Iraq suicide attacks
Four bomb attacks in northern Iraq on 14 August have devastated two villages near the city of Mosul, leaving at least 250 dead and over 350 injured.
Two villages devasted
Peru earthquake update
Early in the evening on Wednesday 15 august, Peru was hit by an earthquake which lasted two minutes. It registered 8.0 on the Richter scale and is the worst the region has experienced in more than 30 years.
Our partners respond
Christian Aid holds workshop at Heathrow climate camp
Christian Aid along with Greenpeace, People & Planet, Friends of the Earth and the World Development Movement, was invited to conduct a workshop at the climate camp near Heathrow airport.
The planet is asking for help
Hurricane season begins: Christian Aid Caribbean partners ready to respond
Christian Aid staff and partners in the Caribbean are standing by to help the people affected by this weekend’s powerful hurricane.
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Relief effort underway in Jamaica and Haiti After Hurricane Dean batters the Caribbean
Christian Aid staff and partner organisations are stepping up relief efforts, including clearing trees and other debris blocking roads in Jamaica and will also be providing relief to people in Haiti whose crops have been destroyed.
Partners respond
Islamic groups join with Christian Aid for climate change rally in Birmingham
Islamic Relief and the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences are joining with SHAAM, one of the UK’s leading Islamic nasheed groups (Islamic music) to support Christian Aid’s Cut the Carbon Rally in Birmingham on Monday 27 August 2007.
United against climate change
One of Britain's largest carbon polluters to meet Christian Aid marchers
Climate change campaigners will meet one of the UK’s biggest greenhouse polluters on Friday 24 August to urge the company to curb its emissions.
Meeting a polluter
Climate SOS exhibition makes an emergency call to Greenbelt festival
Visitors to the Greenbelt festival will have a chance to take an unusual round-the-world tour as Christian Aid’s Climate SOS exhibition goes on show this weekend. The exhibition features villages from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the UK. It shows how climate change is affecting the world’s poorest people and how Christian Aid is creating hope and a future for those on the front line.
Climate SOS
DiCaprio backs march
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio pledges support for Christian Aid’s Cut the Carbon march.
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Christian Aid sends hurricane relief funds
Christian Aid has sent £40,000 to fund immediate relief efforts in Jamaica after last weekend’s powerful hurricane. More funding will soon be released for work in Haiti.
Hurricane relief
Egyptian partner CTUWS refused registration
A Christian Aid partner in Egypt has been refused permission to officially register its organisation. This is the latest blow to its ability to carry out crucial work in defending workers’ rights in the country.
A blow to workers' rights