Featured Work
Join ActionAid and Naomi Klein
ActionAid supporter and author, Naomi Klein will be discussing her international best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism in Washington, DC this Thursday, July 10th at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets.
ActionAid Challenges G8 on Response to Food Crisis
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations meet in Hokaido, Japan, from July 7-9. The failure of G8 policies on food, biofuels, and climate change places up to 1.7 billion people – 25% of the world’s population – at risk of hunger. ActionAid makes recommendations to G8 leaders in our new report, “Cereal Offenders: How the G8 has Contributed to the Global Food Crisis and What They Can Do to Stop It.”
Glimmer of Hope on Food Aid
With nearly a billion people facing chronic hunger, food aid is an important measure of last resort to address the crisis. Yet despite drastic rises in both food and fuel costs, the US government continues to ship its food aid thousands of miles overseas rather than paying less to purchase it closer to where it is needed.
ActionAid Makes Recommendations to UN Climate Adaptation Fund
Developing countries need substantial new resources for adaptation to enable them to cope with the current impacts of climate change. These resources, estimated at upwards of US $67 billion a year, must come from rich countries, which are largely responsible for creating climate change. A new fund for adaptation was created at the global climate change negotiations in Bali last December. ActionAid is working to ensure that this fund has the policies and structures in place to be just, equitable, and effective.
Cyclone Nargis: Emergency in Myanmar
Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on Saturday, May 3rd with wind speeds reaching 120mph bringing a sea surge that smashed through towns and villages. The official death toll now, May 24th, stands at 77,738 with 55,917 missing. It is now estimated that 2.4 million people are severely affected. ActionAid is currently working in the worst affected area of Irrawaddy, serving 432 villages providing food, shelter, medicine, cash for work and agricultural assistance along with our local partners KDN, PACT, Myanmar Egress and MDF, some of the largest national NGO's in Myanmar.
