Partner IMPACT: Exciting outcomes to report

As we come into Autumn in Aotearoa New Zealand with yet another war underway, millions of civilians across Iran and the wider region are now bearing the brunt of the conflict, facing mounting deaths, displacement, loss of essential services, and rapidly deteriorating safety. The humanitarian picture is worsening by the day, and the risks extend far beyond Iran’s borders.

Our ACT Alliance partners have member organisations within the region and are keeping us up to date. However, as with all Western International Aid agencies, the ACT Alliance have no partners that work within Iranian borders. You can read a little more on the Iranian situation here.

Despite the sadness of the situation in the Middle East, you will find some encouraging content in the newsletter. You will read about Chinthaka Rajapaksha, moderator at MONLAR, a CWS partner in Sri Lanka, who is excited about new scientific findings showing agroecological methods for peasant farmers that yield more rice than those relying on chemical fertilizers. He is especially excited as he shares

“This is not only research…What is inside this paddy field is part of a programme that will determine the future direction of this country and the world!”

Chinthaka has a big vision and passion for the future of his people. Its wonderful to hear such excitement from a partner about the advances being made. This is despite the constant challenges such projects are facing every day in the midst of financial poverty.

The Autumn newsletter also features Rizwan Iqbal, who is Global Quality and Accountability Coordinator for ACT Alliance. For more than seven years, Rizwan has been leading the application of “best practice” methods across the ACT Alliance partners in more than 140 countries from his office in Jordan. This is helping numerous ACT Alliance partners become more effective and efficient in achieving their collective visions of a world free from poverty and injustice.

This Autumn we continue building new partner relationships closer to home in the Pacific. Across Oceania, are many people equally as passionate as Chinthaka to see poverty eradication and justice in our world.