Tagged with climate change

Women seaweed harvesters in Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania highlighting how communities least responsible for climate change are organizing to defend their rights and livelihoods as climate impacts intensify. Photo: Marta Lombardelli/ActionAid

Climate change and poverty

Posted 9 September 2019

Find out the relationship between climate change and poverty, and the effects of climate change on the poorest communities in the world.

Belyne, a workshop leader at the Girls camp leads sessions on how to make reusable period pads. . Photo: Christie Ntwari/ActionAid

Reusable sanitary pads and sustainability

Posted 15 May 2019

Sustainable, reusable sanitary pads are both cost-effective and eco-friendly. Learn more about reusable pads and other sustainable period products.

A destroyed house in Ngangu township Chimanimani. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/ActionAid

Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa 2019

Posted 12 April 2019

Cyclone Idai was one of the worst weather-related disasters to ever hit the southern hemisphere. Find out about Cyclone Idai, the damage it caused and how it affected people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

A boy carries water to his home in Gaza. Photo: ActionAid Palestine

Cholera and other waterborne diseases

Posted 17 August 2017

What is cholera, and what are other waterborne diseases? Learn more about cholera and ActionAid's work supporting affected communities.

Families being ushered by officials as they escape war

Isaccea entry point on Romanian border with a population of 4,955 that received around 2,000 refugee people per day during the height of Russia's war on Ukraine. Photo: Alexandra Radu Stanescu/ActionAid

Refugee and displacement crises

Posted 3 July 2017

Find out about refugee crises and displacement crises around the world. How many displaced people and refugees are there around the world - and how to help.

Saafi is currently living in the Giro-Sumo IDP camp in Somaliland with her young daughter . Photo: Jenna Farineau/ActionAid

Food crisis in East Africa 2017-2026

Posted 10 March 2017

Facts and figures about the food crisis in East Africa. Find out what is happening in East Africa right now, and how ActionAid is working to avert hunger and famine in East Africa.