I am just off in a journey I’ve been waiting and preparing for a very long time. I will visit Rwanda along with seven volunteers from the Greek ActionAid Activista team. Our aim is to see firsthand...
Two heads are usually better than one. Vulnerable women unite together to forge a better future.Often when rural women are oppressed by their husbands and hit by the biting pangs of poverty they...
I have witnessed how the women’s cooperative of Mpore Dukunde Inzuki, in Busasamana sector Nyanza district, Southern province has had a profound impact on the lives of its members and their...
Bernadite Nyitogwiza of Muganza Village in Muganza Sector, Gisagara District, Southern Province has survived to the age of 88 despite a life of permanent challenge to meet her basic needs and those...
In a large clearing in Ngaremara village, 11 stacks of food are being laid out. Local men have arrived early to help unload the trucks. The 11 members of the Relief Committee are also here: one...
I joined ActionAid Pakistan in November 2010 when the devastating flood had just hit the country and its impact was still unrolling. ActionAid had initiated a timely and well-coordinated emergency...
Today we are in Sericho. My Kenyan colleagues tell me that this is where I will see the drought at its worst. Local people say they have not seen rain here since 2008. ActionAid, working with the...
Polly sat awkwardly on my soft and comfy sofa but dealt so confidently with the stream of media that passed through my home. It was an unusual situation even for me…I am not accustomed to radio and...
