🚨Vanuatu Earthquakes🚨 ActionAid Australia has launched an emergency appeal following two major earthquakes in the past 24 hours, to support locals in Port Vila and East Efate in need of urgent supplies and support. The emergency response will focus on emergency food and water distributions, shelter and support to rebuild homes, psychosocial support and protecting vulnerable women and women with disabilities.
ActionAid
Non-profit Organizations
We're a global movement of people fighting for women’s rights, climate justice, economic justice, and an end to poverty.
About us
Founded in 1972, ActionAid has been fighting poverty worldwide for over 30 years. In 2013, ActionAid's work reached 15 million people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. At ActionAid we take advantage of over 30 years of knowledge and experience in fighting poverty. We don't impose solutions, but work with communities over many years to strengthen their own efforts to throw off poverty. With more than 2,000 partners worldwide, we work with and support the poorest and most vulnerable people to secure their rights to food, shelter, work, basic healthcare and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. Italia ActionAid è un’organizzazione internazionale indipendente impegnata nella lotta alle cause della povertà e dell’esclusione sociale. Da oltre 30 anni siamo a fianco delle comunità del Sud del mondo per garantire loro migliori condizioni di vita e il rispetto dei diritti fondamentali. In Italia AAI è presente dal 1989: è una ONLUS (Organizzazione Non Lucrativa di Utilità Sociale) riconosciuta come ente morale ed è accreditata presso il Ministero degli Affari Esteri come ONG (Organizzazione Non Governativa).
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http://www.actionaid.org
External link for ActionAid
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
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- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Global
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1972
- Specialties
- Tackling poverty and Emergency and disaster relief
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Global, OO
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33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London, EC1R 0BJ, GB
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via tevere 20
Rome, Italy, IT
Employees at ActionAid
Updates
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Meet Sainabou Jabbi, whose commitment to sustainable farming is making a real impact! 🍀 Her story of cultivating maize, pumpkin, watermelon, and groundnuts showcases the power of community support and climate-resilient farming. #RootedResilience
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🚨 Together we are louder 🚨 Join the global movement demanding an immediate #CeaseFireNow 👇 https://chng.it/hkZsQKHBMK
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Raising the trillions needed to address the climate crisis is entirely doable💸 When it comes to climate action, tax justice is a game changer 🌍 💡Check out our report to find out how💡 https://bit.ly/3VzpXtl
Fair taxes can raise over US$2 trillion yearly for climate-vulnerable communities, says new ActionAid report amid Bonn finance talks
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🌎 Fanta Sawaneh's story touches on the impact of ActionAid's #Agroecology project in addressing climate-related vulnerabilities. She cultivates crops with resilience and determination, ensuring a secure future for her family. #RootedResilience
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Due to the climate crisis, millions of farmers have now begun embracing practices like agroecology, which protects and works with nature. 🌾 Agroecology empowers farmers to thrive despite erratic weather, failed rains, or pests. Let's support #Agroecology!☘️
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Money is STILL flowing in the wrong direction! 💸 Please step up and help us end the finance flows fuelling the climate crisis: https://bit.ly/3U9aFJN #FundOurFuture
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🚨 Lebanon | Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced since September, with around 190,000 still in shelters that do not have the facilities to protect them against freezing temperatures. Our partners are providing aid but more is needed. Please donate: https://bit.ly/3Y858VI
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🚨ActionAid is deeply concerned for the safety of its humanitarian teams in north-west Syria as on-going hostilities continue to cause serious harm to civilians and aid workers🚨 (footage captured by ActionAid partner Violet) ActionAid’s partner Violet, which operates emergency ambulance services across north-west Syria, had two of its ambulances damaged by airstrikes, and one of its offices in Idlib has been hit by shelling. Several of its paramedics have been injured in the violence. Violet's staff have also suffered grave personal losses. A number have lost family members, and many of their homes have been destroyed by airstrikes. On Sunday, one of Violet’s paramedics lost 10 members of his family when an airstrike hit their home in Idlib... Despite significant challenges, Violet’s emergency teams continue to respond to those who have been injured by the violence. Read more about Violet's response amid ongoing shelling and airstrikes: https://lnkd.in/e_EHcMcs
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Millions of people across Gaza and Lebanon face a wet and freezing winter without proper shelter. ActionAid's partners and other aid agencies are working tirelessly to provide essentials, but the needs are overwhelming. Please support our donation appeal: https://bit.ly/4fmckVN