Most of us want to do more for the world, but you know how it is - things crop up, you get busy...

In this section you'll find seven very good reasons why we think you should get involved with us.

We consider everyone who contributes an activist - from young campaigners overseas fighting for their rights, to the artists who designed our website banners, to our MySpace friends who leave supportive comments - every voice is a voice for change.

And if you don't believe that you can make a difference, just look here and here and here. And if you still don't believe us, read why Salamina, an ActionAid activist from South Africa, thinks that we can make a difference in her community.

Hunger

The strange truth about hunger is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. People are going hungry because they don’t have enough land to grow food, or the means to earn enough money to buy food with. Hunger is caused by governments and corporations. It’s a human rights abuse.

In 2007 ActionAid launched the HungerFREE campaign to get governments around the world to honour their promise to halve global hunger by 2015.

This isn’t just about hand outs, this is about helping the world's hungry make their voices heard. If you watch the videos, see the pictures and hear the stories of people affected by hunger and fighting to make it stop, we think you’ll see what ActionAid is all about.

To find out more about ActionAid's work on the right to food, click here