Haitian woman and young boy living amongst makeshift shacks

Haitians living
amongst makeshift shacks
© Kate Long/ Progressio

Hope and despair for Haiti's child labourers

Haiti’s luck is running low. Already the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere – where children as young as six expect to go out to work - it recently suffered catastrophic storms that caused untold misery. Yet, in despair there is hope, says Progressio’s Kate Long.

Hopes of the world upon Obama’s shoulders

As the news slowly filters around the world that the US has elected its first black President, disbelief gives way to utter elation, writes Progressio's Executive Director, Christine Allen. When Martin Luther King first said he had a dream, how many of us thought that in our own lifetime we would see such a significant moment as this?

Church still "leading light" in East Timorese struggle for justice, Christian MP will tell UK audience (6 Oct 2008)

The church's ability to keep the East Timorese community strong through 25 years of occupation and conflict will also be "instrumental" in helping the poverty-stricken country to move forward, a leading Timorese politician, Fernanda Borges, will tell a UK audience when she visits London on October 14.

Cautious welcome from Progressio to news of Zimbabwe power sharing (12 Sep 2008)

Development agency Progressio today gave a cautious welcome to the news announced last night by President Thabo Mbeki that there would be a power sharing agreement for a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe.

Events at Progressio

The Challenge of Coexistence (El Desafio de la Convivencia) film screening (4 Dec 2008)

Image of Haitian youth with text 'The Challenge of Coexistence'

The Challenge of Coexistence (El Desafio de la Convivencia), a documentary film on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic will be shown as part of the Discovering Latin America Film Festival. Directed by Progressio development worker Tigu Guimarães the film interrogates the background, conditions, economics and the multi-faceted results of Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic.

Discovering Latin America Film Festival (27 Nov 2008)

Progressio is delighted that Discovering Latin America has chosen to support our work with women affected by HIV and AIDS in the Dominican Republic by making Progressio the official beneficiary of their well-known film festival. The DLA festival takes place in London from Thursday November 27 to Sunday December 7. Enjoy an inspiring selection of Latin American films safe in the knowledge that your money is supporting HIV and AIDS projects on the front line.

Latest Campaigns

East Timor: Who Cares?
East Timor is still struggling to overcome the legacy of a violent past. The East Timorese people need your help in creating justice in this poverty-stricken nation.

Latest publications

Interact Autumn 2008

Progressio
The future for development: opinions and viewpoints towards a new vision for development. Plus articles on Zimbabwe, East Timor, Yemen, Somaliland, Peru, and El Salvador.

Progressio Annual Review 2008

Informe Anual de Progressio 2008: nuestra visión para la cooperación al desarrollo

Progressio
The world today is a place of injustice and inequality. Too many people in poor countries are impoverished and oppressed. They are not poor by choice: they are poor because they have no choice. Progressio is working to change that. Read how in our 2008 Annual Review

Unless the grain of wheat shall die: The moral and theological case against Terminator

Unless the grain of wheat shall die book cover. Image of a farmer in Azuay province, Ecuador.

Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr
In this Comment, Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr argue that Terminator technology (the genetic modification of seeds so that they become sterile after the first planting) poses an unacceptable threat to poor and marginalised small-scale farmers and to the world’s environment, and is fundamentally wrong on moral and theological grounds.