Social Media Releases for Christian Aid

Stigma Under The Lens

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:45:10 GMT

Christian Aid has partnered with Magnum Photos to launch ‘Stigma Under The Lens’, a series of thought-provoking audio-photographic slideshows for World AIDS day featuring brave people around the world living with HIV under the shadow of stigma.

PLIGHT OF REFUGEES: KEY TO RESOLVING PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT, CHRISTIAN AID

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:07:37 GMT

The plight of Palestinian refugees must be urgently addressed if peace between Israel and the Palestinians is ever to become a reality, warns Christian Aid in a new report.

UK government must fully support domestic workers’ rights

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:39:36 GMT

The UK government must honour its commitment to a new international convention protecting domestic workers from exploitation and stop trying to attempt to dilute proposed safeguards, a coalition of non-governmental organisations – which includes the TUC, Christian Aid and Anti-Slavery International – says today.

MPs’ India report is a valuable contribution to the aid debate

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:16:55 GMT

A new House of Commons report on British aid to India is a welcome endorsement of efforts to tackle the devastating discrimination which excludes many millions of people from mainstream Indian society, Christian Aid says today (Tuesday).

Crucial questions for IMF candidates

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:58:25 GMT

With nominations for the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) leader now in, campaigners including Christian Aid, ActionAid and the Bretton Woods Project are demanding that the candidates debate each other publicly.

CRUNCH TIME AS UK PREPARES FOR HISTORIC VOTE ON A NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW TO PROTECT DOMESTIC WORKERS

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:28:51 GMT

The British government must stop dragging its feet and fully support a new international convention to protect domestic workers from abuse and slavery, says a coalition of charities and Trade Unions including Anti-Slavery International and Christian Aid.

Olympic gold medalist Nicole Cooke supports charity bike ride

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:01:54 GMT

April 18 2011 - Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Nicole Cooke MBE, winner of the 2008 Women's Road Race, is supporting this years Christian Aid London to Paris bike ride (20-24 July) and encouraging last minute entries before the closing date of 12 May 2011.

Glencore and first quantum are subjects of complaint to OECD

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:01:59 GMT

Campaigning organisations have filed a complaint with the OECD against commodities giant Glencore and First Quantum Minerals, based on allegations that a mine they own may be evading tax in Zambia in a way which would be inconsistent with OECD guidelines for multinational companies.

Government emasculated Bribery Act, warns Christian Aid

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:05:21 GMT

Guidance published today by the Ministry of Justice effectively emasculates the 2010 UK Bribery Act, Christian Aid is warning.

The Ministry of Justice highlighted paragraph 40 of the Guidance, which states:

A bribe paid on behalf of a joint venture entity by one of its employees or agents will therefore not trigger liability for members of the joint venture simply by virtue of them benefiting indirectly from the bribe through their investment in or ownership of the joint venture.

Plans to build disaster resilience is welcomed by Christian Aid

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:25:45 GMT

Christian Aid welcomes the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review’s focus on building disaster resilience and calls on the UK Government to step up its support for such programmes.

It warns that success will depend on working with local partner organisations and communities in strengthening their ability to cope.

Only a quarter of the public think Britain’s approach in Afghanistan is working, shows poll

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:20:32 GMT

Joint campaign launches to call for ‘new approach’ to Afghanistan: A majority of people in Britain (58%) say they are not clear what Britain is trying to achieve in Afghanistan and only one in four (26%) think the current approach is working well, according to an opinion poll commissioned by a new campaign coalition, Together Afghanistan, released today as the UN votes on renewing the mandate for its mission in Afghanistan.

Public is challenged to live below the line by Christian Aid

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:06:12 GMT

This May (2-6) Christian Aid will be challenging the public to live on just £1 a day for 5 days to raise £500,000 to help some of the world’s poorest people.

AID BUDGET IS ‘MAJOR STAND AGAINST THE GLOBAL SCANDAL OF POVERTY.’

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:02:15 GMT

Aid to India welcome
Government misses chance to press World Bank on climate change
Why is FAO funding under threat?
Move to consider ‘effective’ funding for UN Women welcome

Climate change 'chain gang' demands World Bank ‘free us from fossil fuels’

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:51:55 GMT

Today climate change campaigners formed a ‘chain gang’ outside the London headquarters of the World Bank Group. They demand that the Bank frees developing countries from fossil fuel investments. Actions are also taking place in cities across Europe and in South Africa.

UK’S FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY MOVE IS CRUCIAL FIRST STEP AGAINST CORRUPTION

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:40:55 GMT

The UK government’s decision to back a ‘publish-what-you-pay’ standard for mining and other ‘extractive’ companies across the world is an exciting and welcome move which will challenge corruption in the oil, mining and gas sectors but does not go far enough to tackle the massive damage done by tax dodging and financial secrecy, Christian Aid says today.

Zambia must launch copper mining tax probe, says Christian Aid partner

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:38:35 GMT

A subsidiary of one of the world’s largest commodity trading companies stands accused of a series of tax irregularities in Zambia – a desperately poor developing country where life expectancy is 47 and tax revenues are urgently needed.

CONTINUED AID TO INDIA WELCOMED BY CHRISTIAN AID

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:51:54 GMT

Christian Aid has welcomed the UK Government’s continued commitment to fight poverty in India, describing recent criticism of the pledged aid as ‘misguided.’

CAMPAIGNERS CALL ON SARKOZY TO ENSURE G20 END TAX HAVEN SECRECY

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:01:03 GMT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces a global campaign demanding that the G20 commits to ending tax haven secrecy when it meets in Cannes, France later this year.

CHRISTIAN AID AND D.LIGHT TO BRING SOLAR LIGHTING TO POOR FAMILIES IN INDIA

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:16:36 GMT

Christian Aid has teamed up with solar lighting specialist d.light design to launch an innovative micro finance project that will bring solar lighting to more than 4,400 socially excluded poor rural households in three Indian states during its first year.

Bribery Act delay undermines government commitment to fight corruption

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:08:37 GMT

The coalition government’s decision to delay the implementation of the landmark Bribery Act for the second time casts serious doubt on its commitment to combating corruption, said Global Witness, Tearfund, CAFOD and Christian Aid today. Passed with an all-party consensus in April 2010, the Act was supposed to be implemented last October, but was first shifted to April and is now delayed indefinitely.

UK MUST URGE WORLD BANK TO ABANDON ‘DIRTY’ FOSSIL FUELS

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:28:19 GMT

Christian Aid is urging international development secretary Andrew Mitchell to use his position on the board of the World Bank to press for an end to investment in carbon-intensive energy projects.

LAND RIGHTS CONFUSION IS MAIN OBSTACLE HAMPERING HAITI REBUILDING EFFORTS, WARN AGENCIES

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:57:35 GMT

It has been nearly a year since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 230,000 people and devastating the nation’s capital.

As Haiti commemorates the dead, international attention is focused on the slow pace of reconstruction, with an estimated 1.3 million still forced to live in tents nearly a year after the disaster.

NATO countries should agree to push UN-backed Afghan peace talks or risk civil war after troops leave, warns report

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:43:00 GMT

Britain and other NATO countries must now agree to formal peace talks with all parties in the Afghanistan conflict, including the Taliban and Afghanistan’s neighbours, say a group of leading development, human rights and conflict prevention organisations.

Olly Murs leads Big Christmas Sing at Old Spitalfields Market

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:05:55 GMT

Last year’s X Factor runner up, and No1 artist, Olly Murs will launch Christian Aid’s Big Christmas Sing at Old Spitalfields Market, London on Wednesday 10th November. Performing alongside this year’s X Factor contestant John Adeleye and Britain’s Got Talent finalist Faryl Smith, the free concert will begin at 5.30pm and aims to get shoppers in the Christmas spirit and promote the charity’s annual singing event.

Call for Tanzanian election winner to abolish unfair tax anomalies

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:26:14 GMT

Christian Aid is calling on the winner of this Sunday’s general election in Tanzania to commit to ending tax anomalies that have deprived a country rich in mineral resources of badly needed revenue that could have been spent on schools, hospitals and other infrastructure improvements.

Major new move could force multinational tax transparency

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:19:06 GMT

Multinational companies could be forced to reveal far more about their finances in developing countries following a European Commission move which Christian Aid experts welcomed as ‘hugely exciting’.

Rev Jesse Jackson calls on MPs to give ‘Power to the Poor’

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:02:21 GMT

American civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, will be in London on Wednesday 20 October to back Christian Aid’s lobby of Parliament, aimed at moving climate change and global tax transparency up the political agenda.

MILLENNIUM AMBITION ‘LOST IN TRANSLATION’, WARNS NEW REPORT ON MDGs

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:37:59 GMT

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.

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

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:25:09 GMT

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:

WORLD BANK COAL FUNDING HITS RECORD HIGH AS IT SEEKS CLIMATE FINANCE CONTROL

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:45:21 GMT

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.

FLOODING HITS TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN INDIA’S MOST POPULOUS AND POOREST STATE

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:03:28 GMT

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.

Christian Aid urges household name firms to back accounting reform

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:18:46 GMT

Christian Aid is launching a new phase of its Trace the Tax campaign for greater financial transparency by multinational companies.

OMID DJALILI IS ‘THE QUIZAID MASTER’

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:15:48 GMT

Award-winning comedian and actor, Omid Djalili, has accepted a new role as QuizAid Master for Christian Aid’s first ever Twitter Quiz. Omid will host a live online quiz held on his Twitter page (omid9) on 6 September at 12.30pm to launch this year’s QuizAid.

Rev Jesse Jackson to ask MPs to help the world's poor

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:39:22 GMT

American civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, is coming to London on 20 October to give his backing to Christian Aid’s lobby of Parliament that day, aimed at moving climate change and global tax transparency up the political agenda.

Jackson, who was part of the civil rights movement in the US and a strident opponent of apartheid in South Africa, will address supporters at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster at 11am, alongside new Director Loretta Minghella and Christian Aid partners from India and Zambia.

Christian Aid joins Bono and Soros in welcoming landmark law on business transparency

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:28:59 GMT

Christian Aid today welcomes a new US law which will challenge corruption in poor countries and boost the pressure for global reforms to combat tax dodging and bribery.

Haiti - Six months on after earthquake, conditions remain ‘extremely harsh’

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:22:57 GMT

Six months on from the earthquake which devastated Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding towns and villages, conditions for many of the country’s inhabitants remain extremely harsh.

MBE FOR HELPING BURMESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:44:01 GMT

Sally Thompson, Deputy Director of the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), a Christian Aid partner organisation, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for her work with displaced people from Burma.