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Vanuatu Earthquakes: ActionAid launches Emergency Appeal
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.
This is a key moment to foster peace and rebuild Syria
This is a key moment to foster peace and rebuild Syria
“We were hungry and terrified by the intensity of the bombing”: Women fleeing northern Gaza tell of horrific conditions and harrowing journeys as siege enters its third month
Women fleeing northern Gaza with their families have told ActionAid of spending weeks trapped and hungry amid constant shelling, as the Israeli military’s brutal siege of the area enters its third
ActionAid expresses concern for its aid teams in north-west Syria as ambulances come under attack
ActionAid has expressed deep concern for the safety of its humanitarian teams in north-west Syria
"I don’t hear the sirens”: As war on Ukraine intensifies, people with disabilities face deadly toll
In Ukraine, bombs and missile strikes make life nearly impossible for people with disabilities.
ICJ climate change hearings
ActionAid Vanuatu's country manager Flora Vano will be testifying remotely from Vanuatu
Escalating violence displaces more than 14,000 in three days in north-west Syria
ActionAid’s partners in north-west Syria have been forced to suspend their humanitarian work amid violent clashes that have displaced around 14,000 people across Idlib and western Aleppo over the past
More than 1.6m people without proper shelter in Gaza and Lebanon as temperatures drop below freezing in some places
More than 1.6 million people across Gaza and Lebanon face a wet and freezing winter without proper shelter, according to analysis by ActionAid.
Lebanon ceasefire deal not an acceptable long-term solution
LEBANON CEASEFIRE DEAL NOT AN ACCEPTABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTION
COP29 final NCQG text: This text is not worth the paper it's written on, says ActionAid
Reacting to the final NCQG text at COP29, Teresa Anderson, the Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid International, said:
