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Bail Out the Hungry! Demands ActionAid at World Bank/IMF Meetings
ActionAid urges leaders at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings to take action on global hunger. We call on finance ministers meeting in Washington, DC to ensure that aid to poor countries will not be cut. Aid for agriculture should be redirected to support sustainable production of staple foods for local consumption.
Malawi Journal: Community Adaptation to Climate Change
ActionAid USA's Ilana Solomon traveled to Malawi to learn more about how local people are responding to climate change. She met with women who are changing their communities and transforming their lives. She discusses how their efforts relate to our advocacy for new international funds for climate adaptation.
Elders join ActionAid’s HungerFREE campaign to demand urgent action on global food crisis
Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson and other Elders joined forces with ActionAid’s HungerFREE campaign July 16th to continue the fight against the global food crisis.
ActionAid and Naomi Klein
ActionAid supporter and author, Naomi Klein discussed her international best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism to a packed house with ActionAid Thursday, July 10th 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.”
