Cholera and other waterborne diseases
What is cholera, and what are other waterborne diseases? Learn more about cholera and ActionAid's work supporting affected communities.
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Emergencies
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A boy carries water to his home in Gaza. Photo: ActionAid Palestine
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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
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.
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Distribution of hygiene kits to vulnerable women in Lita, Ituri Province, DRC. . Photo: ActionAid
Protecting women’s rights in emergencies
We call for women’s leadership to be recognised and urge renewed commitment to promote a humanitarian architecture that advances and protects women’s rights.
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A woman distributing hygiene kits to displaced women in the DRC. Photo: ActionAid
Periods in humanitarian disasters
Find out about period poverty during humanitarian crises, and how ActionAid refugees to access menstrual products and end period poverty.
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Malati, a women’s rights coordinator for ActionAid Nepal, addresses local women in Panga after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. Photo: Srikanth Kolari/ActionAid
Earthquakes in Nepal 2015
Find out about the 2015 Nepal earthquake, its magnitude, damage, death toll, and how ActionAid helped to save lives.
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A health worker washes their hands in chlorine water in Gollu, Sierra Leone. Photo: Kate Holt/ActionAid
Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa 2014-16
Learn about the Ebola virus, how ActionAid responded to the Ebola virus crisis in West Africa 2014-16, and how we helped during the 2019 Ebola outbreak in DRC.
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