Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Keep UK development work focused on ending poverty, urges Christian Aid

September 16 2010 - In response to today’s speech at the Royal College of Defence Studies by Andrew Mitchell MP, Secretary of State for International Development, Jude Mackenzie, Associate Director of Christian Aid, said:

Millennium ambition 'lost in translation', warns new report on MDGs

September 16 2010 - Much of the radical ambition of the Millennium Declaration got ‘lost in translation’ when the Millennium Development Goals were drawn up, says Christian Aid in a new report on progress towards the MDGs.

World Bank coal funding hits record high as it seeks climate finance control

September 14 2010 - World Bank funding for coal power stations has soared 40-fold over the last five years to hit a record high of $4.4 billion in 2010, new figures reveal.

Christian Aid launches new Malaria initiative in Zambia

September 13 2010 - Christian Aid has partnered with US investors, Chris Flowers and Neville Isdell, and the Coca Cola Africa Foundation to launch an innovative new 18-month malaria programme through the Zambian Anglican Council.

Fresh disaster in West Africa as flooding compounds food crisis

September 3 2010 - Severe flooding across the Sahel region of West Africa has left hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter, bringing fresh misery to communities already suffering their worst food crisis in decades.

Flooding hits ten million people in India's most populous and poorest state

September 3 2010 - Christian Aid is launching an immediate appeal for the people hit by the devastating India floods. More than 800,000 people have had their villages submerged by severe flooding in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India.