Full Coverage: Aid

30.06.2005 Just days before the G8 summit, taking place next week in Scotland, international development organization, ActionAid has hit out at the developed nations for providing aid that serves their corporate interests, pushes privatization in recipient countries, funnels money to rich consultants and leaves the poor countries heavily indebted. Rahul Kumar reports from New Delhi.

30.06.2005 U.S. religious leaders have found a common cause: ending global poverty. With their rallying point next weekÂ’s G-8 summit, Evangelical, Protestant, and Catholic leaders are pressing President Bush and Congress to boost American leadership and financial commitment to the global campaign to make poverty history--and they are telling their congregations to do the same.

29.06.2005 U.S. aid to Africa has increased 56 percent since 2000, rather than tripling as Bush has insisted, a new study reveals.

29.06.2005 The World Bank has approved of a US $3 million grant to Nepal for its Economic Reform Technical Assistance Project which intends to strengthen home-grown reforms in the areas of public sector capacity, service delivery, social inclusion, governance, and reducing unproductive public sector intervention in the economy.

29.06.2005 Some of the world's most famous monuments--from St. Paul's Cathedral in London to a cotton tree planted by freed slaves in Sierra Leone--will be adorned with massive white cloths Friday as worldwide parties and demonstrations launch the first mass action in what many expect to be the largest anti-poverty campaign ever. Governments will be held to account for promises to end corruption and to take the economic steps necessary to end extreme poverty worldwide.

29.06.2005 A new report by the Brookings Institution shows President Bush has significantly exaggerated the amount of aid his administration has provided to sub-Saharan Africa. With the approaching G8 summit and recent aid commitments made by E.U. nations, Bush is facing increasing pressure to be more cooperative internationally and encourage the efforts of poor countries.

27.06.2005 Six months after the tsunami's waves swept the coasts of South East Asia and East Africa, Lutheran World Relief provides a glimpse of how those who survived the deadly seaquake are piecing their lives back together, with the help of generous donations from around the world.

27.06.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 27 (OneWorld) - Six million children could be spared death from preventable diseases if the world's poorest countries spent just an extra $1.23 per person on immunizations and other basic healthcare, according to health researchers.

27.06.2005 Internally displaced Egyptians living in Rozaje, Montenegro appealed today on national and local governments, NGOs and all other competent institutions for immediate assistance.

24.06.2005 Six months after the tsunami ripped across the Indian Ocean, challenges still lie ahead--including where to re-establish housing and how to restore livelihoods. Speaking for the UN's development agencies, former president Bill Clinton said efforts are in a transition phase where long-term planning is finalized but far from implementation.

23.06.2005 OTTAWA — L’Institut Nord-Sud et la Fédération mondiale des associations pour les Nations Unies (FMANU) ont publié aujourd’hui le 4e rapport annuel sur l’engagement de la société civile en faveur des Objectifs de développement du millénaire. L’Institut se joint ainsi aux nombreux participants du Canada et de par le monde qui répondent à l’appel lancé pour lutter contre la pauvreté.

23.06.2005 La campagne Abolissons la pauvreté est heureuse d'apprendre que le Canada accueillera un concert Live 8 le 2 juillet. Cette date est stratégique puisque le concert aura lieu avant la rencontre du G8 en Écosse. « Plus d'un milliard de personnes vivent dans la pauvreté extrême. Chaque jour, 50 000 d'entre elles meurent de causes liées à la pauvreté. Les concerts Live 8 permettront d'inciter les dirigeants du G8 à respecter leurs engagements à abolir la pauvreté », affirme Gerry Barr, président-directeur général du Conseil canadien pour la coopération internationale et coprésident de la campagne au Canada Abolissons la pauvreté .

23.06.2005 Paul Foreman et Vincent Hoedt ont été arrêtés à la fin du mois de mai. Tous deux étaient accusés de publication de fausses informations, de nuisances envers la société soudanaise et d’espionnage, suite à la publication en mars du rapport "L'écrasant fardeau du viol: violence sexuelle au Darfour". Ils avaient été relâchés sous caution et n’avaient pas été autorisés à quitter le pays.

23.06.2005 The Get on Board Bus departed the southern tip of Africa nearly three months ago en route to Scotland for the July 6 G8 Summit. The travelers arrived at 10 Downing Street in London this week, where they were met by the next G8 President, Tony Blair, who received the messages from Africans collected by the team along the journey.

23.06.2005 The largest overlooked disaster in the world, a decade of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has resulted in thousands of displaced civilians. In this new photo essay by Refugees International, hear their courageous stories for yourself.

22.06.2005 Aid agencies and doctors are calling on Coalition forces in Iraq to allow them safe access to Karabila, where hundreds require medical treatment and thousands of families have run out of food and water. Since the June 17 launch of 'Operation Spear'--designed to prevent rebels from using the region as a staging post en route from Syria--U.S. forces have prohibited anyone to enter or leave the village.

22.06.2005 While some members of Congress want to cut military aid and increase humanitarian spending in Colombia, the Bush administration wants to continue sending millions to fund the drug war at the expense of social programs. Every day this week, as Congress gets ready to vote on Colombia, Lutheran World Relief has a different activity for you to do in your community to protest the failed program.

22.06.2005 The new president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who returned back after a visit to four African countries, has said that the Bank will focus on development in Africa. The Bank's other priorities include supporting equal rights for women to help foster ecnomic growth.

21.06.2005 New research by Christian Aid finds that sub-Saharan Africa lost billions of dollars after being forced to open their markets to imports. In 20 years, trade liberalization cost Africa the same amount it received in aid--money that as income could have eliminated Africa's debt and been invested in agriculture, health, and education.

21.06.2005 A party line vote in Congress Friday ended hope for the most recent measure to unlock $34 million for the UN Population Fund. $134 million has already been held up over four years, ostensibly to send a message to China, reports PlanetWire, while women and families in 140 other countries continue to suffer.