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Latest news
ACT Alliance Alert: Cyclone "Giovanna", Madagascar
ACT member SAF-FJKM and a representative from Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH) based in Nairobi have travelled to the affected areas for assessments. The response will depend on the results of the assessments.
20 February 2012 16:30 GMT
ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund Payment Request: Cold Snap and Severe Snow Fall, Romania
ACT member AIDRom is planning to respond with distribution of relief food & mineral water, and family hygiene kits.
20 February 2012 09:29 GMT
ACT Alliance Alert: Cold Snap and Severe Snowfall in Romania
ACT Alliance member AIDRom is on standby to reach the affected areas as soon as permitted to carry out an urgent need assessment and offer assistance in food parcels, water and hygiene articles.
14 February 2012 13:28 GMT
ACT Alliance Appeal: Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
Constant attacks in the areas within Sudan's Blue Nile state have caused a large number of Sudanese civilians seeking refuge in western Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation-Department for World Service is planning to provide support to the displaced families.
13 February 2012 09:45 GMT
ACT Alliance Alert: Emergency Assistance to Syrian IDPs and Refugees, Syria
Anti-government protests in Syria have led to military actions between armed groups and government forces resulting in displacement of Syrian civilians. ACT member, International Orthodox Christian Charities together with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch And All The East are planning to provide humanitarian support.
13 February 2012 09:40 GMT
ACT Alliance Appeal: Return and Integration of Displaced People and Assistance to Host Communities in Chad
The main activities of ACT member The Lutheran World Federation/DWS in Chad is assistance to refugees from neighbouring countries, IDPs and host communities. Specific activities in this appeal include psychosocial rehabilitation, capacity building, environmental infrastructure, environmental conservation, sanitation, agricultural and income generating activities.
08 February 2012 11:13 GMT
ACT Alliance Appeal: Drought Response in Northern Tanzania, REVISION 1
This revision is addressing a potential overlap of activities in the food assistance project with ACT member Presbyterian World Service & Dev. As a result, the other ACT member Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service has also reviewed the budget accordingly.
08 February 2012 11:09 GMT
ACT Alliance Alert: Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
ACT member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF/DWS-ET) assessed the situation and confirmed additional needs in the WATSAN, livelihoods and environment areas, which will be addressed through an ACT appeal.
02 February 2012 16:23 GMT
ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund Payment: Support to people affected by Cyclones "Dando" and "Funso", Mozambique
ACT member CEDES is responding through this request with shelter, health and sanitation, and water provision assistance.
27 January 2012 08:31 GMT
ACT Alliance full Appeal: Assistance to Flood-affected, Thailand
ACT member Church World Service Asia/Pacific, in partnership with Church of Christ in Thailand, has made some changes to the Preliminary Appeal issued in October 2011 by revising the livelihood restoration activities and increasing the implementation period to 12 months to facilitate the process of early recovery activities.
27 January 2012 08:28 GMT
About ACT Alliance - Switzerland
Action by Churches Together (ACT) International is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide
Homepage
Donations:
http://www.act-intl.org/donations/donations_title.html
Expertise:
Conflict resolution monitoring, Emergencies, Food and hunger/nutrition, Health and disease, Landmines and explosives, Shelter
Countries of operation:
afghanistan, angola, armenia, bangladesh, bolivia, brazil, burundi, cameroon, china, colombia, el-salvador, eritrea, guatemala, guinea, haiti, hungary, india, indonesia, israel, kenya, lebanon, liberia, macedonia, malawi, mozambique, nepal, nicaragua, pakistan, peru, philippines
Latest aid agencies campaigns and appeals
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ACT Alliance - Switzerland
ACT Alliance Preliminary Appeal: Assistance to Flood-Affected in Thailand
ACT member Church World Service Asia/Pacific, together with a local partner, will provide relief items including cooked food, survival packs, livelihood recovery components, as well as assistance in shelter repair.
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ACT Alliance - Switzerland
ACT Alliance Appeal: Assistance to Flood Affected in Cambodia
ACT Cambodia Forum members are planning to respond to the most severly hit areas with food packages, non-food items, clean water, cash for work and livelihood recovery assistance.
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ACT Alliance - Switzerland
ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund Payment: Floods in Nicaragua
ACT member CEPAD will respond by providing food, supplies and health support to affected families in three municipalities.
