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26 Feb 2018

Top tips on writing to your sponsored child

Not sure how or what to write to your sponsored child? No problem - take a look at our top tips on how and what to write to your sponsored child....

Deborah Baker

Supporter Communications

Fahima, from Ghana, loves letter-writing and hearing from her sponsor. . Photo: ActionAid Ghana
15 Dec 2017

Miriam Margolyes on the power of ActionAid child sponsorship

Actress Miriam Margolyes has supported ActionAid for over 30 years. She visited our work in the occupied Palestinian territory and has seen ...
29 Nov 2017

Traumatised by memories of war: the children with PTSD

Exposed to dead bodies, witness to acts of violence - or even attacked themselves - children living in conflict often develop Post Traumatic Stress Di...
2 Oct 2017

Survivors' stories: life after being attacked with acid

Acid attacks disproportionately affect women. Sonali, NurunNahar and Jasmen have all been attacked with acid – a traumatising experience leaving ...

Members of the Acid Attack Survivors' Network set up by ActionAid Bangladesh. Photo: Turjoy Chowdhury/ActionAid
11 Sep 2017

Jodie Whittaker and Hugh Dennis share school memories

As children in the UK settle back into the new school term, we've launched a film featuring actor Jodie Whittaker, comedian and actor Hugh Dennis...

Hollie Pycroft

Digital Communications
27 Jul 2017

Alesha Dixon: "I met girls at risk of child marriage"

Long-term ActionAid supporter and Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon recently joined us in Ghana to meet young girls at risk of child marria...

Alesha Dixon

Singer and Britain's Got Talent judge

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