Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Christian Aid welcomes new evidence for cuts in European emissions

May 26 2010 - Cutting EU emissions deeply enough to help prevent dangerous climate change would be significantly cheaper than expected and would also have important benefits for Europe’s economy, the European Commission declared today.

Christian Aid asks thousands of supporters to help survey top UK companies

May 26 2010 - Christian Aid will today seek to enlist the help of its supporters in a project to gauge what FTSE100 companies think about how multinationals’ tax practices affect developing countries.

Winner of Tax Superhero Award announced

May 20 2010 - Christian Aid today announced the winner of its Tax Superhero of the Year award, which recognises outstanding individual work on the potential of tax to change the world.

New British government must make efforts to help Sri Lankan war displaced

May 18 2010 - A year since the Sri Lankan conflict ended there are still 76,000 people living in temporary camps. Christian Aid urges the new British government to make a renewed effort to work with the Sri Lankan government and the international community to reach conflict affected areas and people still recovering from the 30-year civil war.

Israel joining OECD raises concerns for NGOs

May 14 2010 - The success of Israel’s application to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) at a time when civil society in the country is increasingly under threat is a matter of real concern, says Christian Aid.

Financial secrecy is ruining poor countries and football clubs alike, says new report

May 11 2010 - Manchester United tops a new Football Secrecy League published today by international development agency Christian Aid to highlight the secrecy offered by tax havens, and its potential for harm. Report pdf at: www.christianaid.org.uk/images/blowing-the-whistle-caweek-report.pdf

Clegg urged to put climate change at heart of negotiations

May 10 2010 - International development agency Christian Aid is urging Nick Clegg to put climate change at the heart of any deal which allows the formation of a new government.

Emergency funds released for Niger food crisis

May 10 2010 - Niger is on the brink of a severe food emergency that could leave more than half the 14 million population starving and around one million children critically malnourished.

New Philippine government must commit to reducing poverty

May 10 2010 - As votes are counted today in the General Election in the Philippines, Christian Aid urges the incoming government to make a sincere, urgent and lasting commitment to reduce poverty.

Christian Aid steps up effort to beat malaria

April 25 2010 - Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds. Substantial investments have been made as a result of the United Nations target for universal bed net coverage by December 2010. This has led to major progress in malarial control but gaps remain and there is still an urgent need to increase prevention efforts.

Big banks spend aid billions but neglect poverty, warns report

April 22 2010 - Donors such as the World Bank are spending billions of dollars on projects whose effects on poverty and the environment are uncertain at best, warns a new report.

Europe wakes up to the power of tax against poverty

April 21 2010 - Developing countries’ urgent need to boost their tax revenues in order to fund schools, hospitals and the fight against poverty won welcome backing today from Europe, says Christian Aid.

The needs of the Afghan people must not be forgotten, Christian Aid says

April 13 2010 - Christian Aid welcomes reports that US Administration and President Hamed Karzai have found a renewed understanding signalling a solution to the troubled relationship of the last weeks and urges the international community to keep the focus on the urgent priorities of the Afghan people.

UK campaigners score partial success on crucial World Bank coal vote

April 9 2010 - The UK government yesterday abstained from voting on a $3.75 billion World Bank loan to finance a massive coal power station in South Africa, which was strongly opposed by Christian Aid and other campaigners in the UK and South Africa.

Faith groups, nature lovers and anti-poverty campaigners put climate change on election agenda

April 6 2010 - A coalition of development agencies and environmental groups are mobilising thousands of supporters in 51 key marginal constituencies across Britain to ensure climate action is firmly on the General Election agenda. The campaign has one simple idea: “Ask the Climate Question”.