Partner focus

Each month we take a closer look at the work of one of our partners.

Silk: a solution to poverty?

In Afghanistan, where work opportunities for women are often limited, Rehabilitation Association and Agricultural Development for Afghanistan is helping them earn an income by cultivating silkworms in their own homes.

Temporary shelter in on of Haiti's emergency camps

People living with HIV are particularly vulnerable when disasters strike. Our partner POZ helps people get the food and medication they need to survive.

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Partner receives MBE for work with refugees on the Thai-Burma border

Mother and child in Burmese refugee camp

This July, Sally Thompson, deputy director of the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC), visited London to receive an MBE from the Queen.

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MACEC fighting for justice

Eliza Hernandez has to make a living washing clothes in the Boac River, the site of a catastrophic mine tailings spill which has left the water severely contaminated with heavy metals.

Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns works in the Philippines with those communities devastated by harmful mining activities, fighting for social, political and environmental justice.

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Football brings hope in South Africa

Children act out a role play depicting social issues affecting them during Wola Nani's kids club in Mfuleni township, Cape Town

Sixteen-year-old Sibusiso Dlomo’s South Africa feels a world away from the stadiums and hotels hosting teams from around the world.

This month, all eyes are on South Africa as it hosts the 19th World Cup. But for hundreds of young South Africans, it will not be the first important football tournament their country has hosted this year.

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Habakkuk Trust: Making the impossible possible in Zimbabwe

The Habakkuk Trust helps the most vulnerable Zimbabweans have a voice in the way they are governed and to improve their own situations in the meantime, however they can.

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Conserving water in Peru

CEDAP in Peru supports the local community to access water

To mark World Water Day on 22 March, we visit our Peruvian partner the Centre for Agricultural Development, which is helping communities make the most of the little water they have.

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Helping Amazon people keep their homes

The Quilombola people in the northern Amazon exemplify how saving the forest is about protecting people's rights as well as preventing climate change.

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Building a future for Sudan's children

In a crucial year for southern Sudan, our partner the Mundri Relief and Development Association is helping build a more peaceful future.

The YMCA works with young people in the Israeli Occupied Palestinian Territories to help them recover from trauma and effects of the conflict.

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Tackling discrimination in India

This month’s partner focus, to tie in with the international campaign '16 days of activism against gender violence', looks at the work of Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA) in India.

This November, we look at the work of the Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) and how it helps Burmese refugees who have fled across the Thai border.

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BCAS: Bangladesh

Christian Aid's partner The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) is helping people to adapt lives and livelihoods to the effects of climate change.

Christian Aid partner Kav LaOved provides free legal aid and court representation to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged workers in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Playing drafts outside the Kenema Youth Centre

Young Sierra Leoneans are getting involved in the post-war reconstruction of their country with the help of our partner, the Network Movement for Justice and Development.

How our partner Nochari has helped a community in Nicaragua to grow a successful business out of a local flower.

The Thandanani Children's Foundation provides much needed support for children in Kwa-Zulu Natal province who have lost their parents.

As the annual Atlantic hurricane season approaches, we take a look at the work of our partner CASM in Honduras.

Members of an UKPA farmers' group pass a covert taxation point on the road from Kindu to Kalima in Maniema province.

Speak of the Democratic Republic of Congo and people tend to think of the chaos of war. But in Maniema province, one Christian Aid partner is proving recovery is possible.