How you can get involved to help ActionAid change lives for good
ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.
Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.
How we use the money you give us
For every £1 we spend:
74p is spent on programme activity, including humanitarian and development work
11p is spent on fundraising
10p is spent on support costs (running the organisation)
5p is spent on campaigning for change
These figures are taken from our expenditure in 2017. We’re committed to keeping our supporters happy and being open and honest about how we fundraise. To find out more you can read our supporter promise.
How ActionAid tackles trafficking
Detecting higher numbers of trafficking women than before (UN report on trafficking) this reflects on the work of ActionAid. Focusing on trafficking women in humanitarian disasters such as the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami, the fear of Rohingya women’s safety and sex trafficking in Nigeria, which is one country where ActionAid works.
How has the world changed for women in 2018? A survivor’s perspective
From Brett Kavanaugh to Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, ActionAid’s Martha Adam looks back on a turbulent year for women’s rights, based on her own experience as a survivor of violence against women.