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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.

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Global
ACT Rapid Response Fund Appeal 2008
ACT Capactiy Development Initiative (Appeal)

Asia
China: ACT member responds to Earthquake (Alert)
Myanmar (Burma): Cyclone Nargis (Alert)
Bangladesh: Rehab. Assist. Cyclone Sidr (App.)
India: Follow-on Tsunami Project - DRR & Social Emp. (App.

Tajikistan: Severe Weather (App.)
China: Assistance to Snow & Frost Affected (Appeal)
Tajikistan: Severe winter (Alert)
Indonesia: Central & East Java Floods (App.)
India: Kashmir Earthquake Rehab. (App.)
Afghanistan: Severe Winter (RRF)
Indonesia: Yog. earthq. rehab./dis. risk reduction (Alert)
India: Drought/Food shortages (Alert)
Afghanistan: Severe Winter (Alert)
China: Freezing and snow (Alert)

Africa
Chad: Assistance to CAR Refugees in Chad (Appeal)
South Sudan: Assist. to Returnees & Local Comm. (Appeal)
Kenya:
Response to Post-election Crisis (App. Rev.)
Mauritania:
Food security threatened (Alert)
Sudan:
Civil Conflict (RRF)
Chad:
CAR Refugees in Chad (Alert)
South Sudan:
Displacement due to conflict, Juba County
Madagascar:
Cyclone Ivan (Alert)
Cameroon: Chadian refugees (RRF)
DRC:
Earthquake (RRF)
Cameroon:
Chadian Refugees (Alert)
Uganda:
Assistance to Kenyan Refugees (RRF)
Kenya:
Post-election Crisis (App.)
DRC/Rwanda:
Earthquake (Alert)
Somalia:
Mog. Displacements (App.)
Mozambique:
Floods (App.)
Malawi:
Floods (Alert)
Mozambique:
Flooding in Central & Southern Prov. (RRF)
Zimbabwe:
Floods (Alert)

Mozambique: Floods (Alert)
Kenya:
Civil Conflict (RRF)

Latin America & Caribbean
Perú: Assistance to earthquake victims (App. Rev.)
Bolivia: Food security for flood affected families (App. Rev.)
Dom. Republic: Tropical Storm Noël, Rev. 2 (Appeal)
Bolivia: Food security for flood affected families (App.)
Bolivia: Floods (RRF)
Mexico: Floods in Tabasco (App.)
Bolivia: Floods and landslides (Alert)
El Salvador: Damages due to cold (RRF)
El Salvador: Heavy winds & low temp. (Alert)

Middle East
OPT: Gaza Crisis, Rev. 1 (App.)


ACT members mobilise support for cyclone-affected in Myanmar

Darfur: Determined to learn despite the challenges

Kenya: Entering the world displaced

Investing in safe delivery, life-saving training for women in Darfur

Mozambique: "There are just so, so many people displaced"

Iraqi refugees who leave homes for the safety of Syria still face challenges

Thousands of Chadian refugees in Cameroon still afraid to return home

Darfur: New community centre -- a place for all generations

Kenya: ACT members address deeper challenges

Kenya: Camps overflow as post-election violence worsens

India: Joy of living returns after tsunami disaster

Three years after tsunami, Sri Lanka rebuilds amid worsening war

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The Darfur Emergency Response Operation has successfully harnessed and channelled the resources of some 60 Protestant, and Orthodox and Catholic organisations from around the world into one of the largest humanitarian programs in South and West Darfur. Read more ...

 

 

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ACT International offers assistance to victims of natural disasters as well as emergencies caused by war and civil conflict. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland.

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