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Benedict XVI on Economic Aid and Development
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An increasing number of organizations and programs are grappling with problems at the intersection of religion and development. On this site you have access to the latest world news on the topic and can explore faith-related efforts across countries, regions, and issue areas. The Religion and Global Development Resources are supported by the Luce/SFS Program on Religion and International Affairs.
Funded by the Luce Foundation, the Women, Religion and Globalization Program is a collaboration between the MacMillan Center, Yale Divinity School, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale that explores, from a variety of angles, the relationship between women religious practitioners and political, economic and social developments, and the impact of these relationships on international affairs. WRG aims to understand better not only how the present-day forces of globalization are...
With support from the Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs, the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs Intensive Summer Program on World Religions is a two-week seminar on special topics in religion and world affairs and is designed for professional American and international scholars whose work engages them with religion in its political, economic, and cultural manifestations. The program is aimed at members of the media, staff at non-governmental...
The Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium at the University of Birmingham (funded by the UK Department for International Development) oversees a five year project involving a series of comparative research projects to better understand the links between religion, development, and poverty reduction. Active between 2005-10, its research aims to provide knowledge to a wide range of actors about the connection between religion and development in order to benefit poor people in...
The World Vision Microenterprise Development Program provides integrated and viable services for poor clients and their children within World Vision's Transformational Development and Emergency Relief programs. World Vision has more than 450,000 clients served by 43 members in 28 countries. World Vision-affiliated microfinance institutions (MFIs) are run on business principles, operate against business plans, seek self-funding sustainability, and subject themselves to the demands of the...
The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) represents a national commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS around the world. The PEPFAR strategy is based on the "Three Ones": one national plan, one national coordinating authority, and one national monitoring and evaluation system in each host country. Activities span the spectrum of prevention, treatment, and care. While aid extends to 114 countries around the globe, 15 focus countries receive priority attention because of...
The Alliance of Religions and Conservation has partnered with the UN to create the ARC-UN Faiths' Long Term Commitments for a Living Planet, or the Seven Year Plan, which provides guidance for religious groups in creating long-term plans for reducing their environmental impact and especially reducing their contribution to climate change. Their Guide to Creating Seven-Year Plans encourages religions to view everything from their financial investments to daily prayers as ways to advance...
Announced in 2005, the Luce Foundation's Henry R. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs seeks to deepen American understanding of religion as a critical but often neglected factor in international policy issues, despite growing awareness of religion as a potent cultural, political, and economic force in societies around the globe on issues ranging from development and democracy to health and human rights. To this end, the initiative funds a competitive grants program in...
MinistryWatch.com is a Christian charity evaluation program that considers worldview and faith perspective in its evaluations, along with criteria on transparency, efficiency, and good governance. Organization profiles in its database include a "supporters might say/critics might say" section for simple comparisons. MinistryWatch.com publishes an annual list of 30 Shining Light Ministries that represent the best charitable organizations from the past year and also issues Donor Alerts to warn...
The SANRU Rural Health Program (Projet Santé Rurale) of DR Congo works to improve the quality of and access to primary health care through the rural "health zone" system, a geographically-based network of hospitals, health centers, and community groups. It began as a series of projects funded by USAID and implemented by the Protestant Church of Congo Medical Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (SANRU I and II) and IMA World Health (SANRU III). These projects concentrated on...
Funded partially by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Pathfinder International's ENHANSE (Enabling HIV & AIDS, TB and Social Sector Environment) Project works with religious leaders and faith-based organizations in Northern Nigeria to raise awareness of issues involving HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and safe motherhood. This organization was one of the first to gain acceptance in this Muslim-dominated area. ENHANSE trains imams on ways to incorporate health-related...
Established by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Japan Trust Fund for HIV/AIDS (JTF) supports the HIV prevention programs of its member associations in Asia and Africa. It is funded entirely by the Government of Japan and has made funding available throughout Africa for HIV/AIDS prevention and care initiatives. Since JTFs inception in 2000, a total of 43 projects in 23 countries have been funded in Africa. It also has projects covering Southeast Asia, East Asia, and...
The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) spearheads a DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) strategy for treating and controlling tuberculosis in India. Emphasizing commitments to five DOTS components, including political and administrative commitment, good quality diagnosis, drugs, directly observed treatment, and monitoring, India treats 100,000 patients every month; it met global targets of 70% case detection while maintaining the treatment success rate of...
Lutheran World Relief is becoming increasingly involved on malaria issues, notably through its program, Lutheran Malaria Initiative, undertaken in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation. The program focuses on Africa and is intended to increase the engagement of faith-inspired organizations with the Global Fund’s existing malaria programming. The program involves three Lutheran organizations, with Lutheran World Relief (LWR) as the convener; the other two are the Evangelical...