Sharing Knowledge

The Pentecostal World Fellowship are inviting faith-leaders engaged in Covid-19 response to join this webinar. We already seen that faith actors played a significant role in responding to the ebola crisis – now we come together to share and respond to Covid-19 impacts. This Pandemic has proven to be unlike anything the church world has […]

EU-CORD is pleased to announce that we have been accepted as a member of PaRD: International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development. More than 80% of the global population affiliates with a religion. Religious values and beliefs influence the thoughts and actions of billions of people. Religious actors contribute daily and significantly to sustainable development […]

At our General Assembly, Help a Child presented a new and innovative piece of jewellery that incorporates some exciting technology. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is widespread. Worldwide one out of three women (35%) experiences physical and/or sexual violence. This is why gender equality and women’s empowerment is mentioned as a priority in the 2030 […]

Join us at the European Development Days in room D3 on the 18th of June 15:15 – 16:30  for an interactive and participatory lab debate about the role of faith-based approaches and actors in addressing inequality. In many settings, religious groups and faith-based organisations form a major component of local and national capacity.  Faith dynamics, therefore, […]

It’s back! For the 3rd consecutive year, IDDC are organising ‘European Disability and Development Week’, starting with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) and concluding a week later on Human Rights Day (December 10). You can find out more and register your workshop at the following website – click here to access. #EDDW18 […]

‘Disability inclusion should not be a heavy topic and a burden, but energising and a great thing to do.’ With that thought, EU-CORD member Light for the World has developed a game that helps to facilitate disability inclusion in a playful way. The Inclusive health game is the first game in a series of Inclusion […]

Sharan Kelly, Chief Executive Officer of Tearfund Ireland is the new Chair of EU-CORD. Sharan has taken a leading role in the development of EU-CORD’s new strategy and has been a visible figure in the network for some years. She takes over from Jim Ingram, Medair CEO who has guided the network for the past 3-years. […]

We are pleased to draw your attention to the recently released publication “TOWARDS INCLUSION – A GUIDE FOR ORGANIZATIONS & PRACTITIONERS”, which is the result of collaboration between  Light for the World, Mission East, and ICCO Cooperation. Based on decades of experience of working with the most marginalized and excluded communities, the three organizations cooperated to […]

In this article we introduce the second German member to join us this year. Who is World Relief Germany? World Relief Germany was founded in 1998 as PartnerAid. The Christian organisation summarises their work and motivation as follows: ‘Our faith in God and commitment to reconciliation motivate us to partner with communities in relief and […]

Earlier this year, EU-CORD welcomed two new German members to the network  – Sign of Hope and World Relief Germany. In this, the first of two articles, we focus on Sign of Hope and their work in Ethiopia.  Who is Sign of Hope? Sign of Hope, which is called Hoffnungszeichen in German, is a human […]