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• Christian Aid warns of food insecurity in remote areas in wake of Typhoon Mangkhut

  16th September 2018

  Typhoon Mangkhut (local name Ompong) has caused destruction in the Philippines over the weekend and Christian Aid, alongside its local [...]
  

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• Christian Aid warns of government complacency on UK aid spending

  13th September 2018

  Ministers appear disturbingly complacent about how some Whitehall departments are spending UK aid, Christian Aid warned today, after the government [...]
  

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• Salt conference to bring Christian business leaders together

  Friday, 7 September 2018

  Christian Aid is inviting business leaders from a range of sectors to join them for the first Salt Business Network [...]
  

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• Christian Aid warns millions face dire hunger in Nigeria without action at Berlin donor conference

  Monday, September 3, 2018

  Christian Aid has warned that nearly four million people in Nigeria will face critical food shortages this year if no [...]
  

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• Christian Aid statement on the US withdrawing aid to UNRWA for Palestine Refugees

  Saturday, September 1, 2018

  ​William Bell, Head of Christian Aid’s Middle East Policy, said:“After withdrawing all aid to the United Nations Relief and Works [...]
  

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• “Aid must not be used to simply oil the wheels of British business”

  Commenting on Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech this morning in Cape Town, pledging £4 billion in support for African economies, [...]
  

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• Kerala: Devastation Leaves More Than 200,000 People Unable To Return Home, Warns Christian Aid

  Kerala’s floods and landslides have left ruin so terrible that around 200,000 people will be unable return home for at [...]
  

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• Climate change will make devastating Kerala floods more common warns Christian Aid

  Friday August 24th, 2018

  With more than a million people displaced by flooding in Kerala, Christian Aid has warned that more devastating floods in [...]
  

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• Christian Aid launches emergency appeal to help the most vulnerable affected by deadly Kerala floods 

  Monday August 20th, 2018

  Christian Aid is appealing for funds for the floods in Kerala, and is already targetting 20,000 people with relief supplies.
  

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• The aid sector must do more to keep local staff safe in conflict zones, says Christian Aid ahead of World Humanitarian Day.

  Friday August 17th, 2018

  Aid donors must unlock extra funds to help local NGOs protect frontline staff who risk their life to provide aid.
  

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