Countries & programmes

For 75 years we have worked with some of the world's most vulnerable communities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

In 2019 and 2020 many of our country programmes came to an end. Read the achievements, stories and impact of these along with current active countries below.

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Burkina Faso

We have been working in the Sahel region of West Africa since the 1970s. The programme began with a humanitarian focus and now includes advocacy work.
Themes
Humanitarian, Inclusive markets, Resilience and climate
Countries
Burkina Faso
Women coffee growers in Burundi

Burundi

We've been working in Burundi since 1995, initially providing humanitarian assistance following the Rwandan genocide, but now focusing on development.
Themes
Gender, power and inclusion, Humanitarian, Inclusive markets
Countries
Burundi

Dominican Republic

Christian Aid has supported partners on the island of Hispaniola since the 1980s, improving the lives of the most vulnerable by providing a voice to those who are often marginalised.
Themes
Harvest, Health, Humanitarian, Resilience and climate
Countries
Dominican Republic

Egypt

We work across the Middle East, with programme work spanning Egypt, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria
Themes
Economic justice, Humanitarian
Countries
Egypt
Vilia Marie Odinot, 49, stands in front of her disaster resistant home in Torbeck, South Haiti.

Haiti

Christian Aid works through local partners to improve the livelihoods of underprivileged Haitians, Dominicans and Haitian migrants.
Themes
Economic justice, Harvest, Health, Resilience and climate
Countries
Haiti
Girl holding fish

Iraq

We have been helping Syrian refugees in Iraq since 2013 and meeting the needs of those internally displaced by ongoing conflict in the country.
Themes
Humanitarian
Countries
Iraq
woman cradles child amongst rubble

Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (IoPt)

Christian Aid has been working with the poorest people in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (IoPt) since the early 1950s.
Themes
Conflict and peace, Economic justice, Humanitarian, Resilience and climate
Countries
Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
woman cradles child amongst rubble

Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (IoPt)

Christian Aid has been working with the poorest people in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (IoPt) since the early 1950s.
Themes
Conflict and peace, Economic justice, Humanitarian, Resilience and climate
Countries
Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Faith Muvili poses with her family (husband and 5 children) in front of their house.

Kenya

We believe that unjust power relations are at the centre of poverty, so we aim ensure communities are able to understand and exercise their rights to health services, engage in inclusive markets, and be resilient to climate-related risks.
Themes
Gender, power and inclusion, Humanitarian, Inclusive markets, Resilience and climate
Countries
Kenya
Association Najdeh providing food parcels in Lebanon

Lebanon

Working with five long-term local partners throughout the country, Christian Aid's strategy has been to tackle the root causes of poverty.
Themes
Gender, power and inclusion, Humanitarian, Refugees and internally displaced people
Countries
Lebanon

Mali

In Mali which is home to more than 12 million people, we work on long-term development programmes including economic justice and governance,
Themes
Economic justice, Humanitarian, Voice and governance
Countries
Mali

Nepal

We have worked in Nepal since 2004 with local partners in various districts to reach out to people who are vulnerable, marginalised and unheard.
Themes
Education, Gender, power and inclusion, Humanitarian, Disaster risk reduction, Water and sanitation
Countries
Nepal

Niger

We work with local partners in Niger as part of our wider work across the Sahel including running feeding centres and helping improve farming methods.
Themes
Food, Humanitarian, Voice and governance
Countries
Niger
Three masked members of one of the Volunteer First Response Committees conduct awareness-raising in an IDP camp

Syria

Christian Aid's Syria crisis response involves working with partners inside Syria and on the associated refugee crisis in the Middle East.
Themes
Human rights, Education, Gender, power and inclusion, Nutrition, Humanitarian
Countries
Syria
A man holding some fresh oranges

Zambia

Christian Aid in Zambia Our Joint Country Programme (JCP) in Zambia was established in 2011 to challenge the structural barriers to development and ensure the human rights of all Zambians.
Themes
Economic justice, Gender, power and inclusion, Humanitarian, Voice and governance
Countries
Zambia
Jessica and her husband are preparing dry field adjacent to their home in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Christian Aid in Zimbabwe
Themes
Conflict and peace, Humanitarian, Resilience and climate
Countries
Zimbabwe