![]() The programme’s national partner is the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and its humanitarian and development wing, ERRADA (Ecumenical Relief Rehabilitation and Development Agency). The response also offers significant learnings of practical interfaith action in a location with a local community where one faith is predominant. The experiences from Darfur are of great value at the international as well as the national and local levels in both immediate and complex, protracted humanitarian crises. Yet, the programme offers key learnings on and experiences of cooperation between the two networks. ACT Alliance and Caritas Internationalis have not yet managed to reproduce other large-scale cooperative efforts. This joint response remains a unique ecumenical humanitarian program. Now, 14 years later, the two diaconal partners still are united in unconditional support of the people of Darfur, a largely Muslim population. ![]() That was the start of the Darfur programme. In 2003, the Darfur conflict resulted in the displacement of millions and an urgent need for humanitarian assistance.įor the first time, Action by Churches Together (ACT) – an organization that was formed from the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) humanitarian ministries, working under the name “ACT International”, and that merged in 2010 with ACT Development to become today’s ACT Alliance – and Caritas Internationalis decided to unite in response to a conflict. This story was written by Odd Evjen, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) senior advisor.Īny views or opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the policies of the World Council of Churches. In order to create a lively firsthand account of the ecumenical fellowship and of our shared journey, member churches have contributed stories of people, events, achievements and even failures, all of which have deepened our collective search for Christian unity. In 2018 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches.
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