Head of Humanitarian Response
Once filled with over 150,000 barrels of water, this ActionAid-implemented earth dam in Somaliland is now completely dry due to drought. Photo: Daniel Jukes/ActionAid
Find out the impact of the Russia/Ukraine war on the global economy, soaring food and energy prices and poverty around the world. How will the Ukraine war affect the Horn of Africa's worst drought on record?
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Mona 47, a nurse and women's network leader in Haiti, works to raise awareness about Covid-19 and its prevention in her community. Photo: ActionAid
ActionAid is calling for a Covid-19 vaccine to be made freely available to all, in all countries, regardless of wealth or privilege. Principles of solidarity and justice are the only way out of the Covid-19 nightmare.
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The Southern Africa food crisis has been putting millions of lives at risk. Photo: ActionAid
The escalating Southern Africa food crisis is putting millions of lives at risk. Find out what’s happening in the affected countries, directly from ActionAid staff on the ground.
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Southern Africa food and climate crisis. Photo: ActionAid
Southern Africa food crisis 2020: find out what's happening, where it's happening, and see the solutions to the escalating food insecurity crisis in Southern Africa.
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Children affected by the 2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Photo: Kate Holt/ActionAid
Find out what Ebola is, what's happening in the DRC and how ActionAid are responding to the 2019 Ebola outbreak.
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House damaged in the Heritage Village at Raghurajpur Bhubaneswar after Cyclone Fani struck India. Photo: ActionAid
India's largest ever cyclone in decades made landfall on its east coast on 3rd May 2019. Find out key facts about what happened and how ActionAid is helping on the ground.
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