Resources

The Enhancing Community Resilience Programme (ECRP) works to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, reduce vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of around 77,000 households. In total, it reaches 423,000 people across seven districts who are among the hardest hit by climate…

This discussion guide and toolkit provides ideas and approaches to enable you to think through your research partnerships; to encourage you to critically engage with issues such as the roles different actors play in partnership; and what types of evidence…

Family Planning Advocacy Through Religious Leaders: A Guide for Faith Communities.  This document guides the efforts of faith-based organizations to equip and encourage religious leaders to advocate for family planning with their governments, the media and their own congregations and communities.…

This is a conference report from Yale University 20 & 21 September 2016 on measuring, evaluating and reporting the role of faith-based interventions on reducing poverty and promoting well-being globally. The conference was sponsored by Yale University, Innovations for Poverty Action,…

The purpose of this report is to document and discuss the asset-based work of Mukuru on the Move (MOTM), a program developed in collaboration between the Interfaith Health Program (IHP) at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and St. Paul’s University,…

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE? The quality and use of evidence in humanitarian action Paul Knox Clarke and James Darcy ALNAP Study This paper reviews the quality of evidence available today to support humanitarian action. It focuses primarily on evidence generated by the ‘formal…

This paper outlines some faith-related controversies, describes how they influence health-care provision and uptake, and identifies opportunities for research and increased interaction between faith leaders and health-care providers to improve health care.

Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction. At a time when many countries might not achieve the health targets of the Millennium Development Goals and…

Following an 18-month programme of research into the role of faith-based charities, authors Lucy de Las Casas and Rachel Wharton drew together the key findings of their work. They outlined what makes faith-based charities unique, the contribution they make to the…

This publication is collection of testimonies in English and in Japanese, from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Written by Masahiko Murakami, Ken'ichi Kurosawa, Yoshihiro Matsumoto's stories might be appropriate. Mikio Yamane's testimony introduces our organizational activity. Published by Soka Gakkai…