Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Christian Aid HIV goodwill ambassador 'humbled' by award

March 2 2009 - The Rev Canon Gideon B Byamugisha says he is overwhelmed, excited and humbled to have been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize - the Nobel Peace Prize of the faith community.

Muslim and Christian activists rock the baroque in climate gig

February 27 2009 - Muslim rappers will join Christian and Jewish musicians this Tuesday (March 3) at a London gig to highlight the need for action on climate change.

Campaigners converge on Coventry for crucial climate change protest

February 27 2009 - Hundreds of campaigners from around the country will join forces with NASA’s Dr James Hansen, a world expert on global warming, in Coventry on 19 March 2009 for a national Climate Change Day of Action.

Buy 'cheep' gifts with a conscience this Easter

February 23 2009 - Christian Aid is asking people to choose gifts that ‘cheep’ this Easter to help tackle poverty.

The church risks complicity in climate change unless it acts

February 20 2009 - The church will be complicit in the destruction, poverty and injustice caused by climate change if it does not take radical and united action to demand cuts in the carbon emissions that threaten God’s creation.

Christian Aid pushes for tax justice in war on poverty

February 16 2009 - Christian Aid is urging supporters to recruit their local MPs in a bid to bring tax justice to developing countries.

Haiti to recover stolen millions

February 13, 2009 - Christian Aid and the Jubilee Debt Campaign welcome the Swiss government’s decision to hand over approximately $6 million to Haiti.

Church leaders take a virtual hike to the Holy Land

February 6 2009 - Church leaders of all denominations will lace up their hiking boots, hoist their rucksacks and gather their laptops on Monday to publicise a unique ‘online pilgrimage’ to the Holy Land, organised by the charity Christian Aid.

Civilians in Sri Lanka in urgent need of food and medical services

February 5 2009 - Christian Aid partner organisations in Sri Lanka report that the tens of thousands of civilians fleeing the fighting in the north of the island are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.