Action Magazine

Action Magazine shares stories about women and girls around the world changing their lives and becoming leaders in their communities.

Read about the how Jane, a smallholder farmer from the Meru County, Kenya, expanded her skills and opened new doors by training with the Empowering Tea Communities programme.

You can also discover the story of seaweed farmers in Tanzania, and how by working with ActionAid they have developed better tools for budgeting and planning, while also making their work more sustainable. Or find out about the coconut breakers of Brazil, who are working to keep their agricultural traditions alive in the shadow of encroaching harmful industrial agricultural practices.

Action Magazine only offers a snapshot of ActionAid’s work, your support is incredibly important to continue project like these around the world. Donate today and be part of transformative change.


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Jane, Kenya

Training farmers through the Empowering Tea Communities programme

Training farmers through the Empowering Tea Communities programme
Seaweed farmers AM

Seaweed farmers move towards more sustainable practices

Seaweed farmers move towards more sustainable practices
Coconut farmers AM

Brazil's coconut breakers keep their agricultural traditions alive

Brazil's coconut breakers keep their agricultural traditions alive
Stop banks AM

Sign our petition to stop banks fuelling the climate crisis

Sign our petition to stop banks fuelling the climate crisis
 How a gift in your Will can make a difference for years to come

Find out how a gift in your Will can make a difference for years to come

Find out how a gift in your Will can make a difference for years to come
ActionAid staff get ready to take on The 137 Challenge

Join the 137 challenge and step up for women's rights

Join the 137 challenge and step up for women's rights

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Nimco, 21, at her home in Satiile, Somaliland is suffering from the long drought in East Africa.

Supporting communities through a food crisis in East Africa.

Supporting communities through a food crisis in East Africa.
Women and children fleeing Ukraine

How you helped women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine

How you helped women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine
Find out more about how People’s Postcode Lottery players are helping informal workers in Ghana fight for their rights

How People’s Postcode Lottery players are supporting workers in Ghana

How People’s Postcode Lottery players are supporting workers in Ghana
Momena

How fish farming is helping women like Momena transform their families' futures

How fish farming is helping women like Momena transform their families' futures
Legacy pledger - Jackie

Why Jackie has decided to leave a gift in her Will to ActionAid

Why Jackie has decided to leave a gift in her Will to ActionAid
137 challenge

How you can get active and raise vital funds for ActionAid

How you can get active and raise vital funds for ActionAid

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Action Magazine Spring 2025

Action Magazine Spring 2025
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Action Magazine Summer 2024

Action Magazine Summer 2024
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Action Magazine Autumn 2023

Action Magazine Autumn 2023

     Top image: Viola hopes is that access to education becomes easier for women and girls in the settlement. Esther Mbabazi/ActionAid    

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