By training teachers how to pass on important safety messages to their students, DCA will protect more South Sudanese children from mine and UXO accidents.

The three-month project will be implemented by a trained and fully accredited Risk Education (RE) team and an international Armed Violence Reduction Coordinator in the highly contaminated state of Eastern Equatoria. The RE team has been operational in the Kapoeta counties of Eastern Equatoria since February this year and has already built a good relationship with the local authorities communities.

Joining a village savings and loans group called "Buyu" has made Malawian women achieve things they had never even dreamed of. Their lives have improved significantly and they are now positive about the future for themselves and their families.

Since she was a little girl Elizabeth Lughali, 32, dreamed of sleeping in a real bed with a mattress. Today her dream has come true; she has managed to save enough money to buy a bed, a mattress and some nice linen through a DanChurchAid supported village savings and loans project.

Making South Sudan a safer place to live (March 2013)

In the remote and sun parched semi-arid wilderness of eastern South Sudan, people from the Toposa tribe live in simple mud and grass huts. Their lives are harsh, reliant on their livestock and at the mercy of the elements.

Last year many farmers from Nsanje, Malawi, lost all of their crops due to floods and drought. Because of the scarcity of seeds, prices at the local markets reached an exorbitant level, which many people could not afford. In order to survive they had to eat wild fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Nsanje, located in the lower Shire basin in Malawi, is a drought prone area. With its characteristic hot temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns, the district has proved to be a perpetual disaster zone.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
by Tobias Moe, DanChurchAid

“Bang”

A deafening blast transforms an otherwise perfectly ordinary day “at the office” into a fateful turning point in the life of mine clearance specialist, Fred Pavey. Over an excruciatingly high-pitched whistling in his ears, he can hear his friend and colleague, Andy Mattingley, who is himself badly hurt, call out.

“Are you OK, Fred?”

The continued fighting between forces of the rebel M23 and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in growing numbers of Congolese refugees in Uganda and Rwanda.

Most recent incursions into Goma, the provincial capital of Kivu in the eastern part of DRC, have displaced approximately 140,000 people in and around Goma, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).

US Department of State donates USD 200,000 to DanChurchAid’s (DCA) mine action activities in Angola.

Through the support of the US Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, DCA will be able to continually releasing previously mined land to the benefit of tens of thousands of returnees, resettled Angolans and war-affected communities in Moxico province.

Last year more than 13 million people were starving in the Horn of Africa. People were driven to leave their homes in search of water and food.

Dan Church Aid, a member of ACT Alliance and our other partners were immediately ready with emergency relief. Thanks to the long-term commitment the Alliance has had in the region, this assistance has saved many lives.

Sometimes a single factor means the difference between hopelessness and optimism; between stagnation and development – and for many between life and death. In the village called Ajuong in South Sudan the factor is a dike.

07.09.2012

Ajuong is situated in Jonglei state in South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, which celebrated its first birthday on July 9th this year. It is a harsh area with an extreme climate.