Reports

Funds Sent To: Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) Amount Sent: US$ 40,500 Date: 22 December 2009 Details of Response Emergency: Earthquake and Cyclone in Malawi Date of Emergency: 20 December 2009 Implementing Member/Partner: Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD), Evangelical Development Service (ELDS) Synod of…

Geneva, 16 December 2009 A series of earthquakes hit the Karonga district in northern Malawi between 6 December and 12 December 2009. One of the earthquakes registered 5.8 on Richter scale and completely razed many houses. One death was registered…

Appeal Target: US$ 3,345,125 Amount Requested: US$ 2,429,311 Geneva, 27 November 2009 Dear Colleagues, Southern Sudan faces the consequences of more than two decades of civil war which is coupled with an influx of returnees, environmental factors and widespread tribal conflicts. Even after…

DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY: As of November 13, up to 24 people have died following a landslide at a village on high land in Same District, Kilimanjaro region, after four days of heavy rains. At a time when the ACT…

1. Brief description of the emergency As of November 13, up to 24 people have died following a landslide at a village on high land in Same district, Kilimanjaro region, after four days of heavy rains. At a…

By Claire Kirk GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Darfur is in danger of becoming a forgotten emergency, according to Nyika Musiyazwiriyo, the outgoing Head of Programmes for the joint ACT/Caritas Darfur Programme. "Darfur is slipping from our minds," explains Nyika. "Funding for humanitarian…

By Antony Mahony (CAFOD) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - For two hours our small plane droned its way south-eastwards from Khartoum towards our destination of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. Straining through the porthole for to view the landscape, I could…

Geneva, 15 September 2009 - People in various parts of Eastern Equatoria and Jonglei States in Southern Sudan are facing severe acute food shortage partly due to poor rainfall and subsequently failed cropping season (Eastern Equatoria State) and due…

Derieg camp was and is Fiza's safe haven since she fled with her family from the Janjaweed 5 years ago. The noise and clutter of the 22.000 IDPs here is nothing compared to the fear of attack, rape or…

DEHANA, ETHIOPIA - On Sunday 5 July, it finally rained in Dehana district in the mountains of central Ethiopia after eight months without a drop of water. The area looks like a dusty stone desert, even if you can…