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We’re ActionAid. We’re people who are dedicated to ending the extreme poverty that kills 28 children every minute of every day.We’re a charity and much more. We’re a partnership between people in poor countries and people in rich countries – all working together to end poverty for good.

Stick it to Tesco: small change, big difference!

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..You! Do you want to see an end to poverty and injustice? Together, we can make it happen.Every day we work side-by-side with inspiring people who are fighting their way out of poverty. You can get to know some of them by becoming an ActionAid supporter. Which will change your life too.

My Blog

Check out this video: Stick it to Tesco: small change, big difference!

Check out this video: Stick it to Tesco: small change, big difference! www.actionaid.org.uk/5p5p. It's not a lot. Certainly not to Tesco, who posted record half year profits of £1.45 billion...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:48:00 GMT

Put your foot down and stop violence against women

This World AIDS Day ActionAid launched Put your foot down, a campaign to persuade our government to take action on violence against women.Why women? Well, the links between HIV and AIDS and violence a...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:58:00 GMT

Join our online march and help celebrate 20 years of Chembakolli

Join our online march to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a very special day for the people of Chembakolli. On 5 December 1988 nearly 10,000 Adivasi (tribal) people from the Nilgiri Hills joined toge...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:13:00 GMT

Come along to our campaign workshops!

Be part of the actionThis November is your chance to join ActionAid's campaigns team and Mildred Sharra from Malawi, for a day of activities, workshops, speakers and fun! If you've ever wanted to do ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:46:00 GMT

Help end poverty. Go shopping.

ActionAid's younger sibling Bollocks to Poverty has started the bidding on their eBay auction, with a whole host of musical goodies on offer.All this week we're auctioning off gifts which bands have d...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:30:00 GMT

State of emergency as food crisis escalates in the Horn of Africa

Devastating drought, combined with soaring global food prices, has left millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya and other Horn of Africa countries in urgent need of food. Crops have failed and livestock...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:18:00 GMT

Our verdict on the G8

Here's ActionAid's official take on the summit. How did they do? An analysis of the G8's outcomesAfrica: uninspiringExisting policies and aid pledges have been heavily recycled this year.Last year's G...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:00 GMT

Download our second podcast!

G8 2008 - Leaders on bio fuel/ hunger chargesThe world's 860 million hungry people are fighting a losing battle with the world's 800 million cars for access to food crops. On day 2 of the G8, ActionAi...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:19:00 GMT

G8 Podcasts - ActionAid reports from Japan

The G8 kicked off today in Japan and ActionAid are there too!Keep up to date with all the news from the summit by subscribing to our daily podcasts.Today, we're looking back at 2005's Make Poverty His...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:27:00 GMT