Southern Africa food crisis: “I don’t know how we will cope”
ActionAid’s Ed Watkiss discusses the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe, in the midst of an escalating food crisis that’s risking millions of lives in Southern Africa.
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Posted in Blog on 25 February 2020
ActionAid’s Ed Watkiss discusses the situation on the ground in Zimbabwe, in the midst of an escalating food crisis that’s risking millions of lives in Southern Africa.
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Posted in Blog on 29 January 2020
The escalating Southern Africa food crisis is putting millions of lives at risk. Find out what’s happening in the affected countries, directly from ActionAid staff on the ground.
Read moreA destroyed house in Ngangu township Chimanimani. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/ActionAid
Posted 12 April 2019
Cyclone Idai made landfall in March 2019 and has caused widespread destruction across Southern Africa, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Learn more.
Read morePosted in Blog on 11 April 2019
In the wake of Cyclone Idai, ActionAid Malawi’s Chikondi Chabvuta discusses the devastating impact of the disaster, the situation on the ground now, and the ongoing role climate change is playing in Malawian society.
Read moreAyesha and her friends have been painting pictures for their sponsors at their playgroup in Bhakkar, Pakistan. "I did hand painting and it was fun. I feel joy when I do drawings for my sponsor," Ayesha told us. Photo: ActionAid
Posted in Blog on 15 July 2016
When you sponsor a child with ActionAid, you'll get two handwritten messages from them every year. Our staff collect these messages regularly from the children in their communities.
We make every message collection a special event for the children, and the whole community gets involved. For many children, it's the only opportunity they get to draw, paint, play and be creative.
Read moreJeanne, 14, from Rwanda benefits from the safe room at her school which is stocked with sanitary towels and clean water for girls on their periods. Photo: Jennifer Huxta/ActionAid
Posted in Blog on 23 May 2016
Sanitary towels are not trivial, nice-to-have items - they’re essential tools in the fight against poverty and injustice. That’s why this Menstrual Hygiene Day, we’re talking about the importance of fighting period poverty.
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