By making a donation, you can help us prepare for, and respond to disasters and emergencies in countries all over the world.
Find out how your support is making a difference through some of the world's most devastating crises.
The Emergencies Action Fund exists to ensure we are always ready to respond in emergencies — it is reserved solely for this work.
Bangladesh Floods Appeal
Devastating flash floods in Bangladesh have affected more than five million people, leaving at least 27 people dead and 470,000 displaced into emergency shelters.
Millions of families have lost everything - their homes, crops and livelihoods - and urgently need humanitarian assistance. ActionAid has launched an emergency appeal. Together with our partners, we are delivering emergency supplies including food, medicine and hygiene kits.
ActionAid’s approach
When disasters and emergencies strike, ActionAid does things differently.
We know that women and girls often suffer the most during humanitarian emergencies.
Typically, more women than men are killed by rapid onset disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, and violence against women and girls increases during all emergencies, especially in conflict.
That’s why, when emergencies happen, we work directly with local women and girls to meet the needs of those affected.
Our approach is to empower local women to lead the response. Local women know best what their communities need, and are able to get life-saving supplies quickly and fairly to those who need it most.
We work on-the-ground to deliver emergency aid like food, water, shelter and medicine, to meet the immediate needs of people affected by crisis.
And in the long-term, we work hand-in-hand with communities to help them rebuild and recover, putting women and girls’ safety and wellbeing at the heart of our approach.
Page updated 6 September 2024
