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Women on a HungerFREE rally in Nepal
Photo: Brian Sokol / ActionAid

ActionAid works with poor people in over 40 countries across the world. Our goal? To end poverty. We believe in doing things differently. We know that with the right opportunities, poor people will find their own solutions - and build new lives.

In Zimbabwe AAI, started as a small HIV and AIDS Project (Strategies for Action) in 1999 under the then Harare based AAI Regional Office, becoming a programme under AAI’s Southern Africa Partnership Programme in 2003 and a standalone country programme in 2006. In 2010, ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAIZ) merged with the Danish Association for International Co-operation, MS Zimbabwe whose focus was on building local democracies, to become one organization.

AAIZ is now a full country programme and is increasing its presence in Zimbabwe through enhanced support to women, youth and children in selected LDPs and communities. AAIZ is scaling up and deepening the integration of the human rights based approach, including advocacy and campaign activities in its work at local and national levels. To date AAIZ works with five (5) community based organisations (CBOs) to implement a 10 year International Child Sponsorship Programme which started in 2006.

AAIZ has grown from a team of seven people (four programmes and three support staff) in 2004 to 50 in 2011 (13 in administration and human resources and 37 in programmes and fundraising).  This growth is attributed to many factors including introduction of Child sponsorship programme in 2006, increases in donor funded projects and the recent merger with MS Zimbabwe. 

Funding Sources

Child sponsorship contributes 40% of the total income for the Country Programme. Sponsorship funds are raised through linking children in LDPs with sponsors in the northern countries.  Examples of child sponsorship funding countries include Italy, United Kingdom, Greece, Australia and Sweden.  About 60% of AAIZ resources are derived from institutional donors, individuals, trustees and foundations. The following is the list of AAIZ’s various funding sources:

  1. Child sponsorship (Read more: Link with messages from children-child sponsorship including pics)
  2. Department of Foreign and International Development (UK) DFID
  3. European Commission
  4. United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  5. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  6. Netherlands Institute Zuidejik Africa (NIZA)
  7. ActionAid Denmark (Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) Self Financing Project)
  8. Charitable Foundation
  9. Government of Netherlands
  10. Mackintosh Foundation
  11. Ms. H. Allsop
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