Two million children die each year from diarrhoea and pneumonia, making them the leading causes of death among under five-year-old children in the developing world.
Christian commentator and priest Dr Giles Fraser will be running the London Marathon this Sunday in support of Christian Aid partner Theatre for a Change
Tearfund is hoping talks in Dublin this week will lead to a breakthrough in the billions of dollars pledged by world leaders to help poor communities adapt to climate change.
Countries struggling with debt are increasingly looking to the extraction of natural resources to balance their books at the risk of damaging the environment, a church-run gathering has heard.