‘Most of our surgery is done under headlights. There is no electricity at all.’: Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza resume life-saving work
Doctors at Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza are once again delivering babies and saving lives against the odds amid incredibly challenging conditions after a siege of the facility ended.
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
‘Fear and panic’ in Gaza as Israeli military resumes intensive airstrikes
ActionAid statement in response to renewed attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Northern Gaza Residents Struggle on the Brink of Starvation and Disease as Food and Water Supplies Dwindle to Near Depletion
Half a million people in northern Gaza are facing severe food shortages and life-threatening illnesses due to the acute lack of food and water. As the death toll in Gaza reached a grim milestone of 10
Women evicted from DRC camps face widespread sexual violence and forced marriage – ActionAid
Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being subjected to rape, sexual violence and forced marriage after being forced out of displacement camps and sent back to dangerous areas
Water crisis hits communities in southern Bangladesh
As world leaders gather for President Biden’s virtual climate summit this week, communities in southern Bangladesh – who are facing a severe water crisis – say climate action cannot wait for far-off
Urgent appeal: Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza is under attack
ActionAid, a partner of Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, Gaza
ActionAid signs open letter on the right to asylum
This open letter, signed by more than 121 organisations, calls on various international bodies to reaffirm the rights or refugees and asylum seekers.
How action on climate justice can be delivered at COP27
Ahead of the COP27 climate talks, ActionAid is setting out five climate justice benchmarks to build trust and deliver the action needed to address the Loss and Damage and Climate Justice.
Over 300 civil society organisations demand COP26 delivers finance for climate damages
More than 300 civil society organisations - including Climate Action Network, ActionAid International, Amnesty International, Greenpeace (global), WWF, 350.org, ITUC and PACJA - have sent an open
