Can you imagine being able to smell the sea from where you live, but having soldiers restrict your movements, so you can never take your children to the beach?
A change is coming. The cry is being heard everywhere. From Delhi to the Congo, New York to Nairobi – the world is waking up to the fierce and urgent call to end the abuse of women, whenever and...
When walk into the front yard of her house, Asekenye is there to greet us with a hug. She’s a warm, spirited young woman of 17, born without arms. Asekenye has taught herself to write with her foot...
Just getting off the plane at Tacloban airport took us aback. The walls of the airport have blown away, and only part of the roof remains on the structure that is now nothing but a shell. “Arrivals”...
ActionAid has been working tirelessly in the field to deliver relief to the people of Bantayan Island, a region devastated by Typhoon Haiyan and featured on Foreign Correspondent. Today we have an...
Today I’m in Hilantagaan, a small island off the coast of Cebu, to monitor ActionAid’s distribution and learn more about people’s needs here after typhoon Haiyan devastated their homes. Whilst...
Meet two of the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines:ActionAid’s early response team is currently on the ground on Cebu Island, aiming to reach as many of those isolated by typhoon Haiyan...
Today the team and I left Cebu city for the northern tip of the island that was directly hit by typhoon Haiyan. Cebu City itself hasn’t been affected, but the story quickly changed as we travelled...
A blog from the Philippines by Mike Noyes, ActionAid UK’s Head of Humanitarian Response:The numbers in are quite shocking, half a million houses wrecked, almost four thousand killed and 12,000...
Sally Henderson, Senior Program Coordinator, reports from Kenya on the National Day of Climate Action:I have been travelling around rural Kenya these last few days talking to women farmers. They farm...
Meteorologists are speculating that Super Cyclone Haiyan - currently battering the Philippines – could be one of the world’s most powerful storms since records began.With sustained winds of...
We strive not only to do what is legal, but also what is rightThese words are taken straight out of financial services giant Deloitte’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The company...
“I got very scared for the baby as soon as I regained consciousness. I heaved a sigh of relief once the doctor confirmed that the baby was safe.” A survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapse in...
Six months after the world’s worst garment factory disaster, at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, victims are still waiting for compensation and suffering debilitating physical and psychological...
On Rural Women's day, we meet a truly amazing woman from rural Uganda, Beatrice:Beatrice Asekenye still remembers the dress her father bought her when she got married. “It was bright yellow satin,...
It’s ironic that on Sunday, International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, the strongest storm to hit India in more than a decade hit the coast of Odisha. Cyclone Phailin wreaked havoc across a large...
Happy International Day of the Girl Child! Increasingly, the world is waking up to the fact that the best way to improve the lives of women is to make sure the rights of girls are respected, from the...
