ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAI Zimbabwe) joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Humanitarian Day celebrated across the globe on 19 August.August 19 each year has been set aside by...
Earlier this year I went to Haiti to meet ActionAid staff, our partners, political leaders and community members to get a sense of our programming two years on after the devastating earthquake....
When we commemorated World Humanitarian Day last year, the drought and food crisis in East Africa was at its peak, providing a timely reminder of the devastation that disasters bring.One year on, and...
Welcome to my first blog. My name is Sophia Irepu. I am the Human Security Focal Person and Thematic Coordinator for Human Security in Conflict and Emergencies for ActionAid Uganda. As part of our...
My name is Ilana Solomon, Senior Policy Analyst for ActionAid USA, and I am a humanitarian worker. When people think of humanitarian workers they see disaster responders handing out water, food and...
It is both tragic and ironic that World Humanitarian Day 2011 falls during the first famine in Africa in nearly 20 years. On this World Humanitarian Day we must stand in solidarity with the...
It was only by chance that I became a humanitarian worker. When I was young my father was diagnosed with cancer and we were told we had to raise huge sums of money to pay for his treatment....
I have always been passionate about helping people in need and I have done so in many different ways - through counseling, conversations, trainings, collaboration, networking and experience-sharing....
Once again, a part of the world teeters on the brink of a catastrophe that sees the poorest and most vulnerable – mainly women and children – hardest hit. The food crisis and drought in East Africa...
