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Religions for Peace: Arms Down! Campaign for Shared Security

By Alison Mackay | 10 March, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Church, Millennium Development Goals, Peace & Violence, Poverty |

Arms Down! are a global, youth-led, multi-religious campaign on disarmament for development.

The Campaign for Shared Security works to engage religious leaders and believers around the world to unleash …

Now is a time when poverty can be challenged…

By MicahChallenge | 22 September, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Worship Resources |

There is a global movement of Christians who believe that the turn of the new millennium was an historic moment when the extremes of poverty could and should be challenged. Nine years on we believe that this is still true. The financial recession should not be used as an excuse to avoid responsibility. Rather the recession is itself a reason for greater urgency. Despite the recession the world still has the resources to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. What is needed is the commitment by individuals, by communities and by leaders to see that the momentum is maintained and increased.

The sky didn’t fall on our heads…

By MicahChallenge | 25 May, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals, Politics |

In his speech announcing the changes to NZAID structure and policy Mr McCully joked that the changes had already happened, and that the sky had not fallen on our heads.

I’m …

Saving children’s lives: The Tap Project now running in NZ

By joanna1000 | 12 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Climate Change, Environment, Food, Justice groups, Millennium Development Goals, News, Poverty |

I’m volunteering for UNICEF NZ, helping to spread the word about the UN Children’s Fund month-long Tap Project, which …

Wellington Symposium on Millennium Development Goals

By Jolyon | 12 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals |

This symposium will look at the progress made across the world and in the Pacific towards the 8 Millennium Development Goals. An all to timely event with the possibility of …

Don’t Corrupt Aid

By Jolyon | 6 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals |

A new website has been started in response to concerns about changes to NZAid. Hosted by WorldVision and supported by a mammoth list of NGO and aid agencies, the website …

NZAid review

By Jolyon | 5 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Millennium Development Goals, Politics |

As highlighted in a NZ Herald article on Tuesday, ‘Murray McCully appears to have no qualms about New Zealand’s half-billion-dollar foreign aid programme being used as a tool of its …

Clark for a UN position.

By Jolyon | 9 February, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Millennium Development Goals, News |

There was news over the weekend that Helen Clark was in the running for a top UN position – administrator of the UN Development Programme, third behind UN secretary-general and …