Anglicord is a member of Act Alliance - one of the world’s largest collations of international relief and development agencies.
ACT Alliance delivers AUD $1.6 billion in aid each year to combat poverty, injustice, and human rights abuses, and also provide support in the wake of emergencies.
It is made up of 100 organisations from across the globe working in 125 countries with people of all faiths for positive and sustainable change. ACT Alliance members work to provide emergency food
aid, shelter, water and sanitation facilities, and community-based development programs in some of the world’s poorest countries.
“The membership of the ACT Alliance is wide, in every part of the world. Almost everywhere we have churches, we have ACT,” says ACT Alliance General Secretary John Nduna.
“We are big and we make an impact on the lives of the poorest in societies around the world.”
The member in Australia are Anglicord; Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia; and Australian Lutheran World Service, the overseas aid agency of the Lutheran Church of Australia.
“Through this alliance we can respond to emergencies more quickly, at lower cost, and in a more coordinated way than ever before,” says Anglicord CEO Misha Coleman.
“As Australian agencies we are proud to be at the heart of one of the world’s largest aid alliances.”
Supported by its Australian members, ACT Alliance was at the forefront of life-restoring work in Haiti since the massive earthquake hit Port-au-Prince on 12 January 2010.
On that day, nine ACT organisations were operating in Haiti and were able to swing into relief efforts immediately. Anglicord has provided financial support for the work of its ACT partners in Haiti.
ACT brings together ACT International, which has been working in emergency relief since 1995, and ACT Development, a grouping of agencies formed in 2007 to work on long-term development.
Key facts about ACT Alliance
- The alliance is composed of more than 100 organisations working in long-term development and humanitarian assistance.
- There are 30,000 people working for the alliance member organisations.
- The alliance was legally formed on 1 January 2010, by the unification of ACT International and ACT Development.
Members
- Members are related to the World Council of Churches and Lutheran World Federation. All have established capacity and experience in development and emergency work.
- ACT and its members are signatories to the Code of Conduct in Disaster Relief and uphold the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, known as the Sphere standards.