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This article first appeared on ACT-member Felm’s website “My mother, father and grandfather were victims of the Haliya practice, working as bonded laborers in other people’s lands. Because of this, [...]

Kujok is a village in Northern Iraq, not far away from Mosul and from the Syrian border. Mohammed Yousif is the first person who returned from a camp in a [...]

CBPS: Module 3 is the newest learning module in a series of learning modules, developed by Act Church of Sweden to provide an introduction to Community-Based Psychosocial Support (CBPS). Building [...]

A new Website on Community-Based Psychosocial Support (CBPS) is now online. The CBPS Website can be reached through the following link: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/act/cbps The site provides an overview about CBPS and [...]

On October 16, 2019, a very strong earthquake struck the Davao del Sur province in the south of the Mindanao island in the Philippines, displacing thousands of people. After months [...]

ACT’s joint programme for Myanmar’s Kayin State was warmly welcomed at its launch in 2016. The Director of the Kayin State Department of Social Welfare emphasized the need to support [...]

Bay Thay Hla village is located in Kasap Village Tract, Kyarinseikgyi Township in Kayin State, about two hours driving time from Kyarinseikgyi. The main livelihood of the 41 households in [...]

The Ohn Shit Gone village located in Sin Bin Gyi Village Tract, Thandaunggyi Township in Kayin State is home to 125 households. Their main livelihood is horticulture, with long-term plan­tations. [...]

The Ywar Kaing Kaung village is located in the Hlaingbwe Township, Kayin State, Myanmar. There are over 218 households in the village, most of whom subsist on agriculture, animal husbandry, [...]

Hpar Pun village is in the Ka Mawt Ka Chu Village Tract of the Hlaingbwe Township in Myanmar’s Kayin State. It is home to 222 households, living mainly on agriculture [...]