“The government helped save many girls abducted by Boko Haram, but it doesn’t protect them from physical abuses by government armed forces. In one village I have visited eight girls below 17 who said they had been raped by government soldiers”, says Nubwa, who works in a local organisation that cooperates with NCA on GBV. […]
“Financing for Development is not a magic bullet. There are many dimensions to it which we must harness to ensure that these investments are transparent and effective”, said Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary of ACT Alliance, during a session of the 5th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in […]
Gabey Mayow Kalmoy, 33 years old, is a resident of Busle village, a small community of 2000 people in the the Gedo region of the Jubaland State in Somalia. She is married and a proud mother of 5 children. She gives an account of how her life has changed tremendously since the implementation of the […]
Download the story booklet here text and pictures: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance Mosul, Iraq – Most days in Mosul, Younis Ghanim wears a yellow vest and rubber boots, grabs a shovel and sets off to pick up garbage. It’s a small task in the massive reconstruction effort of this northern Iraqi city that for three years […]
On December 18, 2018, 23 fresh advocacy officers graduated from the ACT Advocacy Academy Program. The program ran for five months and included trainings in political dialogue, campaigning and strategic media work. Participants were also able to follow one, or several of seven different thematic advocacy themes. Wipawan Khoonthaweelapphol, from Diakonia in Thailand, appreciated the […]
Santino Deng Lou is an Education Supervisor from Aweil Town West Payam, in South Sudan. He has been working with the Girl Education South Sudan (GESS) project for some time and has seen first hand the critical role that this project has played in improving the status of young women and girls in the community. […]
In collaboration with UN Women, an art competition was held during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence in Jordan with the ACT Alliance by ACT members in Jordan on November 21st to 28th 2018. This competition was a great opportunity for refugees in both Zaatari and Azraq camps to learn, understand, raise […]
The just concluded COP 24 confirms the vast disconnect between ambition, urgency for action on climate change, and the political will of key governments. As ACT Alliance, we strongly believe that this divide can and must be bridged. “COP24 failed to deliver the best possible outcome to the most vulnerable people in the world,” said […]
Over 28,000 people from around the world are gathered in Katowice, Poland for the international climate conference known as COP24. This event is key to negotiations on how to implement the Paris Agreement that was reached in 2015. The Paris Agreement set the ambition for the world to keep global temperature rise to 1.5°C. What […]
Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) in India works with poor and marginalized communities across the country and most of these are also vulnerable to climate change impacts though they are least responsible for this phenomenon. Most of these communities are not even aware of this crisis and its consequences on their lives. CASA […]