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Cyclone Phailin was the biggest storm to hit India in 14 years, affecting at least 12 million and leaving more than a million homeless. Yet due to low loss of life, it has been little reported in the British Press. We speak to the Head of Christian Aid's Humananitarian Team to find out more.

South Sudan is the newest country in the world. Wracked by two civil wars, insecurity and unrest are still a challenge in some states. In this podcast, John Gang Amot, a Christian Aid partner speaks to Gen Lomax, a Communications Officer, about his lost childhood as he was taken from his parents at the age of 12 to become a child soldier. In this heart felt account he tracks his long and dangerous journey across the desert to Ethiopia, tells of the hardships of training camps and how he survived life in a refugee camp in Kenya, before returning home to find his family and rebuild his homeland.

Ram Kishan, Christian Aid's Regional Emergency Manager talks about the urgent needs of people affected by Cyclone Phailin and how our partners are responding.

Dr. Kumar Prashant of Christian Aid partner VICALP (Visionaries of Creative Action for Liberation and Progress) gives a first-hand account of the extent of damage in Gopalpur, Odisha the centre of the Cyclone Phailin.

This week the Christian Aid Collective launch a new film and spoof campaign, Leftovers For Africa, to raise awareness of poverty and hunger. The film follows eager entrepreneur Dan Stirling as he tries to encourage people to save their leftover food in charity envelopes to send to Africa, in a bid to solve world hunger. Aiming to inform young people of how they can be part of the fight against world poverty, the film ends with a positive – and more practical - message from the Christian Aid Collective telling viewers how they can really help.

This year’s Christian Aid Week materials focussed on how three Christian Aid projects in three different countries – Kenya, Zimbabwe and Bolivia – were helping communities to “Bite Back at Hunger”. Four months on, this podcast catches up with the latest news from these projects to see how they’re getting on.

Christian Aid recently took the decision to phase out our Jamaica programme where we have been working since the 1990’s. In this podcast, Communications Officer Cat Goldson interviews Andy Croggan - Christian Aid's Head of Latin America and the Caribbean - to find out why this decision has been made. She also interviews Rhian Holder - Christian Aid's Jamaica Country Manager - to find out about the work we have supported and what we have achieved.

With the progress made on tax dodging at the G8 meeting in June, Christian Aid is urging the Government to set up a public registry of companies and clamp down on corporate secrecy #tax #taxjustice

The brightly coloured swings and roundabouts on Gaza’s beaches are filled with children whose laughter and chatter fills the air. Despite the ongoing conflict in this tiny strip of land, life goes on. But what is it like for a child or young person to grow up in Gaza? What effects does living in, and through, conflict have on children and young people, and what is life like for the people of Gaza? In this podcast, Communications Officer Amy Merone speaks to Majeda Al Saqqa from Christian Aid partner the Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA), to find out how they supported children and young people following the conflict in November last year.

For Christian Aid, unequal distribution of power and unfair abuses of power are at the heart of poverty. And the greatest, most pervasive inequality in the world is that between women and men. Communications officer Lilly Peel talks to Christian Aid’s gender champion Nina O’Farrell about why it is so important to put gender equality at the heart of our development work. She also explains Christian Aid’s theological perspective on gender and how we are working with faith leaders in countries such as Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria on new readings of the Bible to address gender-based violence and harmful gender norms. Find out more about Christian Aid's gender work here: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/whatwedo/in-focus/gender/