Christian humanitarian aid Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Results and budgets == In 2007, Christian NGOs comprised 57.4% of the NGOs affiliated with the [[United Nations]].<ref>Bruno Duriez, François Mabille, Kathy Rousselet, ''Les ONG confessionnelles: Religions et action internationale'', Editions L'Harmattan, France, 2007, p. 31</ref> According to a British study by Elizabeth Ferris, published in 2005 in the periodical ''International Review of the Red Cross,'' Christian NGOs have large budgets and provide considerable financial support worldwide.<ref name="Ferris" /> This same study gives the following figures: * NGOs related to the [[World Council of Churches]] and those of the group of [[Caritas Internationalis]] spend over a billion dollars a year in aid and development. * The [[Lutheran World Federation]] has a budget of $73 million for aid and development. * According to a 1953 study, religious NGOs gave 90% of the assistance provided after [[World War II]]. * According to William Headley of ([[Catholic Relief Services]]), 1/3 of the persons living with [[Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome|AIDS]] in the world are treated with the help of the [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]]. According to [[sociologist]] Sébastien Fath, Evangelical churches and their respective NGOs develop an international humanitarian entrepreneurship that influences policy decisions.<ref>Sébastien Fath, ''Dieu XXL, la révolution des mégachurches'', Édition Autrement, France, 2008, p. 42, 116</ref> Therefore, they are unavoidable geopolitical players in the humanitarian field. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page