Resources

Part of ALNAP’s ongoing webinar series on urban crises. This is a joint webinar with ALNAP and JLI on local faith actors in urban response Urban areas are home to a diverse range of stakeholders, from civil society to first…

Participating in the United Nations’ 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the World Evangelical Alliance’s (WEA) Creation Care Task Force (CCTF) highlighted the role of faith communities in general and evangelical churches in particular, when it comes to…

An evaluation report of the partnership between the United Kingdom Department of International Development and the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

A review of the results of a consultation regarding how faith leaders and groups can and are contributing to the development of Latin America.

Recent global trends suggest an increase in natural and manmade disasters. The current pandemic is one such disaster that proves the need for heightened awareness on disaster and has highlighted the need for effective disaster management systems. Such disasters often…

The Early Childhood Development Program is a volunteer-implemented program that improves the holistic wellbeing of children and their families living in HIV/AIDS prevalent areas. Focus areas include child health, nutrition, and livelihoods strengthening activities for vulnerable families.

Tags: Data Collection by Local Community, Holistic Wellbeing, Comparing Data Across Regions

A review of research from Malawi, DRC, and South Africa regarding practices and opinions of sexual health and couple decision making.

Islam provides a holistic understanding of human development anchored on the maqasid or agreed upon objectives of Shari’a. According to this understanding, human development is the process of maintaining human dignity to achieve well-being. The Islamic model presented here recognises poverty as deprivation in…

Local Faith Communities in Urban Displacement: Evidence on Urbanization and Localization Brief Author: Olivia Wilkinson Design: Stacy Nam Key points: Local faith actors should be recognized as legitimate “local,” “civil society” actors A greater familiarity with the structures of local…

Worldwide, there is an increasing trend toward urbanization, a phenomenon that is highly conspicuous in developing countries and in war- and disaster-affected areas.2 The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, which have become home to most…