Faith perspectives
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The role of faith perspectives in development work is widely recognised and historically, faith organisations have played a key role in global education.
Many faith communities throughout the UK supported Make Poverty History in 2005 and a number are actively involved in the current campaigns around climate change.
Many large development agencies are rooted in a faiths perspective and DFID has worked with the major faiths to produce publications in support of the poverty-related 2015 Millennium Development Goals.
Within its membership DEA has a wide range of organisations and networks with a faith perspective including the leading churches, and NGOs who have a distinctly faith-based outlook. Black and minorty ethnic organisations form an important sector of DEA's membership; these include organisations rooted in a particular faith perspective.
DEA held a seminar in June 2006, Active Faith: Global Citizenship and Learning for the Future. This aimed to identify the specific contribution of faith communities to global citizenship and sustainable development and consider possible joint initiatives.
Download the seminar report (PDF file, 128 KB) for information regarding the outcomes of this event.