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ActionAid horrified by attacks on last functioning hospital in northern Gaza

We are horrified to learn that Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has yet again come under intense attack by the Israeli military. In the last 24 hours, staff

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ActionAid entirely rejects plans for Israeli authorities to control and condition aid in Gaza

We are horrified by news that the Israeli military, which is already killing dozens of people in Gaza each day, plans to intensify its offensive in Gaza and seize more territory.

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Financing a Public Future

Less than one fifth of the sustainable development goal targets set a decade ago are presently on track for achievement in 2030 and a major cause of this is the continued chronic underfunding of

Young Urban Women (YUW) Teleza Banda Primary School Teacher, in Mchinji, Impacted by the cholera outbreak
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ActionAid warns the fate of millions ‘hangs in the balance’ as governments fail to deliver at finance summit

According to a recent study by ActionAid, 75% of low-income countries are in debt crisis, negating critical investments in education, health and climate action to service foreign debts. UNFFD4 was

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‘Close to collapse’ water system having inhumane consequences for people in Gaza, ActionAid warns

Huge hikes in the price of drinking water and blocks to fuel entering Gaza could lead to the water system completely collapsing at a time when temperatures are rising, ActionAid is warning.

Bonn is heading for a confusing combination of good, bad and ugly outcomes

Even worse, under the Baku to Belém Roadmap to £1.3 trillion, rich countries are opportunistically pushing their private finance instruments to supposedly ‘fill the gap’ in funding. But rather than

FFD4 document adopted with consensus, but rich countries heartlessly water down debt commitments

Lives depend on what is in this outcome document and ActionAid is concerned that Global North countries have continued to dodge their responsibilities and have refused to fully commit to debt

“Private Finance is a Trojan horse,” designed to scale up extraction in the Global South

Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid, said, “A consistent message we hear from rich countries at climate talks is that their pockets are empty, there’s no public finance, and

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Thousands of activists take to the streets demanding urgent debt cancellation ahead of global summit

Arthur Larok, the Secretary General of ActionAid, who participated in the march, said, "As we marched, we made it clear that the time for empty rhetoric is over; the world needs action on ending the

Thousands of activists take to the streets demanding urgent debt cancellation ahead of global summit
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The global development summit is falling for empty and unproven solutions, says ActionAid

Reacting to the official opening of the Financing for Development Conference, ActionAid has slammed the summit for falling for empty and unproven solutions anchored to the private sector. This is

ActionAid staff, allies and activists take to the streets demanding urgent debt cancellation ahead of global summit on development, FFD