The coronavirus pandemic is not over. Devastating variants of Covid-19 are still hitting countries around the world and an unequal rollout of Coronavirus vaccine programmes is resulting in the rise of new cases and deaths.
As the Covid-19 variant Omicron and its sub-variants tear through poorer countries, we urgently need your support to deliver life-saving aid where it is needed most.
The pandemic has destroyed the livelihoods of many of the world’s most vulnerable people, majority being women working in informal and insecure employment - the first jobs to be cut in a crisis.
Covid-19 has also unleashed a surge in violence against women and girls across the world. Lockdowns have shuttered life-saving services for women at a time when they have been most needed.
If you donate now, 90% of your donation will go directly to our emergency Coronavirus response, to help the countries that need it most. Please give what you can now.
What ActionAid has done so far
As of March 2022, ActionAid has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic in 40 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.
We have reached over 25 million people with our life-saving support: delivering food supplies, distributing essentials like soap and water, funding women’s shelters and combating the spread of misinformation with awareness-raising projects like local radio broadcasts.
But we urgently need your help as variants of Covid-19 are putting millions more lives at risk. Please donate now.
How your donation makes a difference
Your gift can help stop the spread of Covid-19, save lives and defend women’s rights.
Coronavirus in 2022
Given the pace at which the coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading globally, more than half of the world has already been infected between November 2021 and March 2022.
Larger countries have higher numbers of both cases and deaths. Countries with the largest epidemics since February 2020 are India, Brazil, and the United States.
While most countries experienced the first wave of infections in a similar way, new variants are affecting different regions at different times, and resulting in further waves.
ActionAid's Covid-19 response
As in all emergencies, ActionAid has put into action our women-led, localised response to the pandemic: ensuring women are empowered to make decisions about the needs of their community.
We have put the protection of women and girls at the heart of our response.
From distributing essentials kits, so women have access to safe, hygienic menstrual products, to funding domestic violence shelters, we are still working round-the-clock to protect women’s rights amid the pandemic.
We have also reached millions of people with life-saving aid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Between April and September 2020 we distributed over 1,400,000 hygiene kits, hand sanitisers, soaps or handwashing facilities, along with more than 340,000 units of PPE.
Meanwhile, we have reached millions of people across four continents with our awareness-raising activities, designed to stop the spread of dangerous misinformation about Covid-19.
We are still working day and night to support people as variants of coronavirus spread among communities, putting millions more lives at risk.
About ActionAid
ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.
Our dedicated local staff are changing the world with women and girls. We are ending violence and fighting poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.
We operate in rural and urban communities across Asia, Africa and Latin America.
We’re committed to ending the cycle of violence in communities around the world, enabling women’s economic empowerment, and supporting women’s and girls’ rights during humanitarian crises.
Where your money goes
90% of your donation will go directly to our emergency Coronavirus response.
10% of your donation will be retained for ActionAid’s Emergency Action Fund which will only be used for ensuring we are prepared and able to respond quickly and more effectively to future emergencies and crises. If the total amount raised for this appeal exceeds the funds needed for the response, ActionAid will transfer the remaining balance to the Emergency Action Fund. All Gift Aid claimed on donations will fund ActionAid’s work across the world, wherever the need is greatest.
Top image: Talat, a survivor of domestic abuse, was supported by ActionAid India’s Gauravi One-Stop Crisis Centre in Bhopal. Now she is part of ActionAid India's emergency Covid response. Samyamoy Debnath/ActionAid
Page updated 30 March 2022
