Five ways to celebrate Day of the Girl this year
This International Day of the Girl Child, ActionAid is celebrating girls’ right to education. Find out five ways you can join in this year and help empower girls.
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Students at the San Juan Villa Nueva School excitedly write their messages to their sponsors in the UK during Action Aid's annual message collection. Photo: ActionAid
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Ouk, aged 12, and her teacher Bou Sokunthy during a tailoring class at a primary school in rural Cambodia. Photo: Cindy Liu/ActionAid
Actress Jan Ravens: "What sponsoring children means to me"
Dead Ringers' actress, impressionist and ActionAid ambassador Jan Ravens explains why she’s sponsored children with ActionAid for over 12 years, and what it means to her.
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34-year-old Robaba is washing her children's hands and training them in washing techniques. Photo: Mubaraka Hussaini/ActionAid
How Covid-19 is affecting child sponsorship during Ramadan
ActionAid's child sponsorship officers who work with children and local communities around the world discuss how Ramadan is different during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how child sponsorship this month and beyond help children and their families.
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On Day of the Girl, girls’ education is still in lockdown around the world
Covid-19 school closures around the world have hit girls the hardest, affecting their education, their rights and their future. This International Day of the Girl, we are shining the spotlight on the unique challenges facing girls during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Child sponsorship
Find out everything you need to know about child sponsorship with ActionAid and how you can make a difference.
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Myla, from one of our child sponsorship families, sent this drawing to the child they sponsor. Photo: ActionAid
How child sponsorship is being affected by Covid-19
How will my sponsorship be affected? Find out the answer to this and other frequently asked questions about child sponsorship during the coronavirus pandemic.
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