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ActionAid supports displaced families in Afghanistan facing hunger and a harsh winter

As winter sets in, millions of Afghans are facing a deepening food and malnutrition crisis.

Freezing temperatures and heavy snowstorms are intensifying an already devastating humanitarian crisis in

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NGOs Rally at the EU Council: Lack of Political Action Prolongs Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

A powerful display of 290 red balloons, symbolising 290 days of relentless conflict in Gaza

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Bargaining for Better: Bringing a Feminist Lens to the Grand Bargain 2.0

The Grand Bargain, launched during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, as a unique agreement between humanitarian agencies and donors to reform and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

The Ukraine crisis and the key role of youth

At the beginning of 2022, there were approximately 10.2 million young people, aged between 14-35, in Ukraine. Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February, has forced over 4 million

Lala, 20, student and PAH volunteer who left her country Belarus because of government human rights violations, and now supports Ukrainian refugees at Hebrenne.
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Whose Bargain is this for?

The Grand Bargain was launched during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, as a unique agreement between humanitarian agencies and donors to reform and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

Women from a local organisation in South Africa that provides workshops on women’s rights and training on Gender-Based Violence prevention. (2022, Lihlumelo Toyana / ActionAid)
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EU must go beyond urging a humanitarian pause and call for a ceasefire to protect Palestinian civilians, says ActionAid

EU must go beyond urging a humanitarian pause and call for a ceasefire
to protect Palestinian civilians, says ActionAid

The European Union has once again failed to meaningfully support an end to

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Why it’s the responsibility of the African Union Finance Ministers to address hunger on the continent with just and sustainable economic recovery

According to the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 18 of the 23 hunger hotspots needing urgent humanitarian action are in Africa. In East Africa alone, 20 million

Aid workers on frontline of drought in East Africa respond to FCDO funding announcement

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in the UK has today announced £36 million in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa and Syria. Countries in East Africa

Dead livestock found inside/outside the community of Ceel-Dheere, Somaliland.
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Over 36 million face hunger every day in the Horn of Africa: ActionAid calls for urgent funding

The international humanitarian organisation ActionAid is calling on the governments of Italy, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United States to immediately support the humanitarian response in the

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ActionAid statement on attacks against humanitarian organisations in Ukraine

Following Sunday’s attacks in Kherson and the death of one member of an NGO team and two more people of the team injured, ActionAid has released the following statement: