All Emergency Features
Humanitarian Response in Congo Under Strain
Nov 14, 2008
ActionAid is preparing to ramp up its support to scores of people in the Congo fleeing ongoing violence. The number of displaced people continues to soar with 60,000 arriving at one camp alone last week. The influx has places a heavy burden on humanitarian aid, ActionAid International warns.
Picking up the Pieces in Haiti after Gustav, Hanna and Ike
Sep 10, 2008
Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna struck Haiti within a week of each other,and were quickly followed by Hurricane Ike, bringing floods and devastation to the already struggling country. ActionAid is there, providing food, water, shelter and emergency medical supplies while working to build the capacity of communities across Haiti to safeguard their well-being during future storms.
ActionAid Emergency Response to Floods in Bihar, Inda
Sep 3, 2008
Millions of people have been displaced and an estimated 2,000 killed by shock flooding in Bihar in northern India. ActionAid is on the ground, providing immediate relief with fresh water, food, medical care and shelter.
Providing Comfort in Conflict: ActionAid Provides Food and Medicine in Kashmir
Sep 2, 2008
ActionAid is the only nongovernmental agency responding to the current humanitarian crisis in Kashmir. We are providing food and medicine in Srinagar.
Afghanistan Faces Food Shortages in Wake of Drought, Conflict
Aug 4, 2008
Eighty percent of rural families in Afghanistan have less than a month's supply of food. The global food crisis and the pressures of conflict conspired to drive up food prices 167 percent in the last year, leaving 450,000 households without money to buy food. ActionAid is on the ground, providing emergency food and water to communities while pushing for changes that will put an end to hunger for good.
Diary of ActionAid Relief Worker in China
Aug 4, 2008
Peng Haihui, Disaster Relief Coordinator for ActionAid in China, describes his experience in a refugee camp in a rural community in Sichuan.
Climate Change Makes Tough Choices for Kenyans
Aug 4, 2008
The Pokot community in Tangulbei, Kenya hopes for rain. It has not rained there for two years. Their crops wither and their livestock languish in the drought. ActionAid provides relief to the region by bringing in water and food and pushes for more access for the people of Pokot to the resources they need to adapt to their increasingly arid environment.
China: Earthquake Recovery Work Continues
Jul 17, 2008
Two months after the earthquake, China's rural communities are on the long road to recovery. ActionAid works alongside people in small villages to rebuild lives and livelihoods.
Food Crisis in Ethiopia
Jul 17, 2008
4.5 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid in the wake of severe draught. More than 126,000 children are malnourished to the point of requiring medical intervention. ActionAid, together with our partners in Ethiopia, is providing direct relief to hungry families while working with farmers to adapt crops and farming methods to the draught conditions.
Cyclone Nargis: Emergency in Myanmar
May 6, 2008
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.
