Britain’s trust in charities drops after Oxfam scandal
Thomson Reuters Foundation Public trust in charities in Britain has declined since the sex scandal centring on aid agency Oxfam broke in February, a study has found. Just 54 per cent of respondents to a survey carried out by research consultancy nfpSynergy last month said they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot of” confidence in […]
Millions making plans to leave Africa for Europe and US, says report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly 1.5 million people have left sub-Saharan Africa for Europe and the United States since 2010, while millions more are making plans to follow in their footsteps, researchers said on Thursday. Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya were the biggest sources of migrants to Europe and the United States among the dozens of nations […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘WHEN GOD USES EVIL FOR GOOD’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s March poster…
Bible Society Australia’s Holytext campaign to again bring Easter story to your mobile phone
Bible Society Australia is once again running a free text message campaign to mark Easter with those who take part receiving a series of text messages telling the Gospel story. ‘Easter Holytext’ – held for the first time last year – will kick off this Sunday, a day known in the Christian calendar as Palm […]
WOMEN: AFGHAN TEENAGE BEEKEEPER CREATES ENTREPRENEURIAL BUZZ
ZABIHULLAH NOORI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Afghanistan on the difference empowering women in the nation can make…
Ethiopian Protestant loses appeal against prison sentence for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”
World Watch Monitor An Ethiopian court has turned down the appeal of an evangelical Christian sentenced to seven months in prison for “causing outrage to religious peace and feeling”. In its verdict, published on 19th March, the court upheld an earlier sentence given by a judge in the southern city of Arba Minch on 2nd […]