Richard Opiro is only 24 years now, as he sits here with his little 3 year old daughter Aromo Patricia he remembers the day he was abducted from his home in Otici in northern Uganda by rebel forces....
The Tax dialogue in many African countries has for a long time been left either to the tax collectors trying to reach their annual almost always 'bursting targets' or to the government technocrats....
It’s been 20 years now since I left Oddor Meanchey, my hometown, searching for better education and opportunities in the city.On a very hot day in March 2013, I got on a motor to pay visit to...
A few hundred Muslim women have their arms in the air as they sing, "Sophia is our leader." Men are standing in the background talking quietly. Sophia Abdi Noor has come to Ijara in Northeastern...
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, TALK, RECEPTION:WHAT: Women and the City - the right to urban safety + equality WHO: Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary General & Executive Director of UN Women &...
Dear Friends, As ActionAid Ireland launches itself into a new year of activities and fundraising we wanted to give you a snap shot of the big picture – the impact ActionAid Internataional has...
I have been sponsoring a little boy from Vietnam for 5 years now, his name is Mi Phu. I started donating through the ActionAid Ireland child sponsorship programme at the same time as I adopted my own...
Getting a decent schooling in Haiti has never been easy but the challenges became painfully clear after the 2010 earthquake.According to government statistics, 1,347 teachers and 38,500 students were...
RTE broadcaster and ActionAid Ireland Ambassador, Sharon Ní Bheoláin, recently travelled to Malawi for 7 days to visit ActionAid’s women’s rights and education programme. Life for women and...
Sharon Ní Bheoláin an award-winning journalist and news reporter on RTÉ is ActionAid Ireland ambassador. She recently travelled to Malawi with our CEO Olga McDonogh to review progress...
