By the end of 2007, registered ngos or pvos operating in afghanistan are numbered at approximately 1,000, with a requirement by the government of afghanistan for formal reporting on project work. China the survival strategy of religious ngos in china. Christian humanitarian aid is work performed by christian nongovernmental organizations ngos to alleviate the suffering of people around the world. Iam is registered in geneva, switzerland, and is the longest continuously serving ngo in afghanistan, and only works in afghanistan. When dayna curry and heather mercer arrived in afghanistan, they. The true and riveting story of a woman who spends five years in afghan villages. The number of converts to christianity increased as the u. Charity is a concept of great importance in christianity. Christian ngo identifies killed aid workers, vows to stay in afghanistan. To the point that some leaders of christian ngos say they have now permission to conduct theological seminars. The international assistance mission is a nonprofit christian development nongovernmental organization working in afghanistan since 1966. Due to the sociopolitical issues in pakistan there have always been a high number of ngos working in the country to support the population.
Afghanistan aid workers deaths highlights delicate position of. Although their physical presence was largely restricted in 2001 and early 2002, several ngos expanded the scope of. Christianaffiliated aid groups, including iam, work in afghanistan under. Support national organisations to engage in dialogue with government on justice, human rights, gender equity, and governance. The team informed iam that there were other teams doing inspection visits to the some 350 international ngos currently in afghanistan. Christian ngo mourns murder of 10 workers in afghanistan. North korea tops list of 50 most dangerous countries for. The international assistance mission, a christian organization whose team of 10 aid workers were ambushed by the taliban on friday, said the.
The two victims were working for the health project run by the coordination of humanitarian assistance cha, a christian aid partner in afghanistan. The afghanistan relief organization was the tenth ngo reregistered and remains in good standing. Ngo presence and activity in afghanistan, 20002014. But many christian converts started fleeing afghanistan mostly to india around 2005, fearing their identities might become public. The women were working for a christian aid organisation and had showed the jesus film in several houses prior to their arrest. Iam runs projects in eye care, health, education and community development. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Sadly, the goal was not to empower true local leadership, but to find token locals to be token champions with no real decisionmaking power. Dayna and heather were living in afghanistan working with an ngo serving the local people. Two ngo workers were deported from the country and afghan were kept for longer period.
North korea tops list of 50 most dangerous countries for christians watch cbn news reporter paul strands report from the open doors world watch list press conference wednesday in. The islamic republic of afghanistan does not recognize any afghan citizen as being christian. Two more aid workers were found murdered in afghanistan, threatening the delivery of relief to the people in the wartorn country. Kate works for an ngo, and she found ways to help the people in many practical. Afghan aid delivery threatened as more ngo workers killed. Iraq afghanistan humanitarian aid operation we are here. In june, an inspection team of the afghan ministry of economy visited the christian group to get an overview of its history and current activities. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Humanitarian aid occurs in areas where some churches choose to invest time and money in the spirit of compassion. On his return to calcutta he presented some books to the armenian church library, which he had obtained from the refugees. The international assistance mission iam is a wellrespected ngo working to improve lives and build local capacity in afghanistan. Aid without faith is there a place for religious ngos in the 21st century. Best nonfiction war books, around the world one book from each country, best iraq and afghanistan war books, best books on special forces m. Most of the christian converts lived in urban areas, so the threat from the taliban was minimal.
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