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ActionAid doesn't just tackle the effects of poverty.We also change what keeps people poor.

ActionAid improves people’s lives every day. But we know that’s not enough. So we work relentlessly to change whatever is keeping them trapped in poverty.This means we have a better chance of ending poverty for good.

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  • The G20 broke my heart

    10/11/2009 17:51:32
    Martin Hearson, Master Report ScriberOn Saturday I found myself on a ludicrously long train journey from London to St Andrews in Scotland, clutching my top-security accreditation for the ...
  • Free Food!

    10/11/2009 10:55:05
    Rich countries waste around half of their food supplies. This is incredible in a world where more people than ever before are going hungry. A fair chunk of this waste occurs in supermarket supply ...
  • Join The Wave

    10/11/2009 10:44:42
    On Saturday 5 December, ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life will flow through the streets of London and Glasgow to demonstrate to th ...
  • Meredith Alexander, Head of Trade and CorporatesAssam in North East India is a green and fertile land. Travelling through it now I am seeing a profusion of healthy crops including the tea this reg ...

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  • Santa Run, 6 December 2009

    Join 999 other Santas taking part in this fun, festive 5km run through Greenwich Park in London

  • Call My Wine Bluff

    Join Emma Thompson, Stephen Merchant, Lee Mack, Michael Ball and Jan Ravens on 19 November 2009 for ActionAid’s gala fundraising event.

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