One third of the poorest countries are worse off today than before the Covid pandemic. A broken financial architecture threatens a lost decade in efforts to end extreme poverty ft.com/content/3a2104… via @ft

I added my name to this letter, calling for a transparent, merit-based appointment of the next UN Emergency Relief Coordinator. Regardless of the individual qualities of recent postholders, this is far too important a role to be filled through a gentlemen's agreement 👇

This is one of the most sane and humane pieces I've read in recent months about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The world is becoming more religious. That matters for development - my piece with Waseem Ahmad in today's Devex devex.com/news/opinion-t… #Devex via @Devex

Thanks to Waseem Ahmad and friends at Islamic Relief Worldwide for a day of stimulating and varied engagement on #FaithAndDevelopment with inputs from civil society, donors, and academia, and Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP. Im looking forward to continuing the conversation in the coming months

Excellent opening panel at #FaithAndDevelopment conference in London, moderated by Sara Pantuliano, on reaching a common understanding about the interface between religion and efforts to end poverty Christian Aid Islamic Relief Worldwide

If the Swedish govt was serious about expanding direct $ opportunities to global South organisations (which it should be), you would expect it to have consulted the 1,750 civil society organisations in 90 countries that currently get Sida money. It didn't thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Excited to be joining civil society allies from around the world in Nairobi to take forward #PledgeforChange2030 and bring about a sea change in partnership, shifting power and resources to local organisations

Imagine for a moment that - instead of flogging this dead horse of a story - the media actually spent some time covering the industrial scale tax abuse that costs poorer countries over $200bn a year (the IMF's numbers) mol.im/a/13305277 via Daily Mail Online

Africa's debt crisis is back to where it was in the late 1990s, with almost one fifth of government revenues now used to service foreign loans. The cost is being counted in crumbling clinics and schools, and economic stagnation

It's been great to see major uptake of the Act on Poverty resource - jointly developed with The Trussell Trust, ChurchActionPoverty, SVP, and churches - which is designed to support engagement with candidates in this general election year. Please share 👇 christianaid.org.uk/get-involved/c…

Air drops are the most inefficient and inequitable way of distributing aid. They're also impossible to scale to the level of need. Images like this are a sign of international failure, not resolve bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

I'm looking forward to working closely with BishopSarah in her newly announced role as the next chair of Christian Aid - she will bring great experience, wisdom, and commitment, and has a track record of working for justice, and against poverty

I am glad that our call to halt UK arms exports to Israel - shared by other NGOs and Quakers in Britain - is gathering support amongst MPs. Peace will not come without pressure on all sides to uphold international law #Gaza theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

The humanitarian situation in Gaza is unbearable and intolerable. The UK can and must act now:
- Push for a permanent #ceasefire
- Resume funding for UNRWA
- Stop arms exports to Israel
Our call with others in today's Times 👇

Kudos to Emma Revie for saying what charities focused on poverty say too rarely - that the need for our work is a symptom of a collective failure to build a fair society. If we're not seeking to dismantle ourselves, we're not serious about lasting change thirdsector.co.uk/trussell-trust…

Good to join a packed room at St Martin in the fields for the launch of Norwegian Refugee Council's UK office. And good also to hear Jan Egeland reflect on the role played by UK NGOs in global humanitarian efforts, at a time of huge challenge

It was a pleasure to meet earlier today with Florence Eshalomi MP - Christian Aid's local MP and a champion of our issues - to discuss our work with supporters in Britain, and our campaigning on debt and peacebuilding 👇

Congratulations to C4 News for covering a story last night that doesn't get told often enough - of the uncounted victims of the #ClimateCrisis in countries that contributed almost nothing to the problem #Malawi #LossAndDamage channel4.com/news/climate-i… via Victoria Macdonald

This #WorldBookDay remember the 1 million+ Afghan secondary-age girls who today and every day are denied their right to education, and with it the change to read, to learn, to dream, to grow aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23…