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ActionAid devastated by killing of staff member at partner hospital in Gaza - as attacks intensify across strip despite ceasefire deal
ActionAid is devastated to learn that Fatin Shaqoura-Salha, the Chief of Nursing Staff at Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been killed in Gaza, along with her
“No one can move outside”: Siege intensifies at last functioning hospital in northern Gaza, which has received no aid since October
Staff at the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza remain under siege and entirely cut off from aid supplies as bombardment by the Israeli military intensifies.
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
ICJ climate change hearings
ActionAid Vanuatu's country manager Flora Vano will be testifying remotely from Vanuatu
"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.
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.