Eyewitness
Stories from around the world showing how Christian Aid and its partners are working to bring an end to poverty.
Jamaica: fighting HIV stigma in church
Homophobia and ignorance about HIV mean that stigma and discrimination continue to hinder prevention and treatment.
Stigma in church
March across Bolivia: putting land rights to the test
Thousands of indigenous people are marching 526km across Bolivia to protest plans to build a road cutting through indigenous land.
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Zimbabwe I-stories: 20 months on
Young Zimbabweans move towards peaceful political involvement.
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Remembering Palestinian refugees
20 June 2011 marks the United Nations World Refugee Day, and also the launch of a new report by Christian Aid about Palestinian refugees.
Slideshow
New international convention agreed to protect domestic workers
On 16 June 2011, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a new Convention for domestic workers, fulfilling a goal that Christian Aid and our partners have been pressing for.
Campaign success
World week for peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Organise, pray and campaign for peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
World week for peace
Zimbabwe National Day of Prayer
'A call to prayer for our nation' - Christian Aid in Zimbabwe supported the church in their National Day of Prayer on Wednesday 25 May 2011.
Day of prayer
Justice for the Las Pavas community
The 123 families in Las Pavas Colombia, who were forced off their land at gunpoint two years ago, have won the legal right to return to the land.
Update
Colombian farmers return home
123 Colombian farmers forced off their ancestral land by riot police two years ago have returned home en masse, having lost patience with the legal process.
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Two wings of the same bird: Building relations between Dominicans and Haitians
Dominican Republic and Haiti are both situated on the island of Hispaniola. However, as neighbours their shared history over recent decades has been one of bloodshed and mistrust.
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Afghanistan’s women: an education
Women and girls in Afghanistan, famously banned from education or leaving the house alone under the Taliban, are still among the poorest and most marginalised human beings on the planet.
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Blessed are the Peacemakers – Parents’ Circle Families’ Forum
Parents’ Circle Families’ Forum is a group of Israelis and Palestinians who have all lost loved ones in the conflict.
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Education campaign turns Dominican Republic yellow
A campaign supported by Christian Aid partner the Centro Montalvo calling for increased spending on education was very hard to miss in the Dominican Republic.
Yellow Monday
House washed away in climate floods
Seven-year-old Juan David climbed up a tree and watched as his house collapse into a river – a river that hadn’t been there just a week before.
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Christian Aid welcomes a BBC apology to Band Aid Trust
Christian Aid welcomes a BBC apology for broadcasting claims that much of the famine relief sent to Ethiopia in 1985 was diverted to rebel forces.
BBC apology in detail
‘Nine Thousand Nights’ on the Thai-Burma border
The Thailand Burma Border Consortium has published ‘Nine Thousand Nights: Refugees from Burma, A People’s Scrapbook’, celebrating the extraordinary resilience and dignity of the Burmese refugees.
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Colombian human rights defender arrested
Updated October 2010 - Defending human rights in Colombia is a high risk undertaking. A Christian Aid partner was arrested in September 2010 and is being held alongside prisoners whose crimes he has denounced.
David Ravelo's arrest
Postcards from Gaza
We gave children and young teenagers in Gaza disposable cameras to record scenes from their daily lives.
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Colombia: Fighting for their right to the land
September 2010 - Afro-descendant communities in Chocó, Colombia, have been fighting to obtain collective titles for their ancestral lands for 11 years.
Fighting for their land
Palestinians' right to work in Lebanon
August 2010 - Christian Aid partner Najdeh plays a central role in the Right to Work Campaign in Lebanon; where, despite a change in the law, many Palestinians are still unable to work in their chosen professions.
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The Embera indigenous people of Colombia
August 2010 - The Embera indigenous people have been caught in the cross fire of Colombia's 40 year armed conflict. They endure regular battles with the army, paramilitary and guerrillas.
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Christian Aid partner's life at risk in Colombia
July 2010 - Colombian human rights defender Ms Judith Maldonado Mojica has been threatened and assaulted during a violent attack by two armed men.
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Human rights violations in DRC
August 2010 - On July 31 2010, Congolese activists commemorated the fifth anniversary of the death of Pascal Kabungulu. His family and colleagues are still waiting for justice.
Video: fighting for justice
Everyone has a right to clean water
August 2010 - In July 2010, the UN declared clean drinking water as a fundamental human right. Thousands of Bolivians were involved in grassroot campaigns to bring about this global change.
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Using cooperatives to transform communities
July 2010 - Saturday 3 July 2010 marked the UN Day of Cooperatives. Christian Aid takes this opportunity to look at examples of how its partner organisations are using cooperatives to transform people’s lives.
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