18 Irish NGOs sign open letter requesting urgent relocation of young refugees displaced by Moria fire
Members of the Irish public pictured on Sandymount beach in 2015. Today, as the EU publish a new Pact on Asylum and Migration, 18 NGOs from across Ireland, including ActionAid, wrote to Taoiseach Martin and Ministers Coveney, McEntee, O’Gorman and Byrne, requesting the urgent relocation of unaccompanied children and young people from Greece to Ireland […]
The Irish Emergency Alliance: All you need to know
Hazera gets her temperature taken outside ActionAid’s women-friendly space in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Credit: Fabeha Monir/ActionAid
ActionAid petitions Irish Government to End FGM by 2030
To mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, ActionAid launched a public petition to urge the Government of Ireland to commit to ending FGM in Ireland by 2030. We received almost 10,500 signatures. The support for this call has been resounding. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we were unable to present these signatures to our […]
ActionAid raises Beirut explosion to ‘Orange Alert’
An explosion in Beirut, Lebanon has caused widespread damage across the capital, killing at least 163 people, injuring thousands, and leaving hundreds of thousands people homeless. The ActionAid Federation has declared this an Orange Alert. We are on the ground in Beirut working with local partners to support some of the worst-hit families with essential supplies like food, hygiene kits, masks […]
Coffee Morning to celebrate our Child Sponsors!
Samjana (7), a Sponsored Child in Nepal. Photo credit: Bahadur Sadaya and Ramlal Chaudhary/ActionAid Nepal We in ActionAid Ireland are excited to host our first virtual coffee morning on Wednesday, 19th of August at 10 am. For our first, we want to celebrate the generosity and loyalty of our child sponsors. This year has been particularly […]
ActionAid responds to the devastating blast in Beirut
ActionAid is shocked and saddened by the horrific explosion in Beirut and our thoughts are with those affected. With at least 100 people dead within hours and thousands more injured, we expect the death toll will rise and the devastating damage to the capital city will leave hundreds of thousands homeless. Spokesperson Caroline McCausland, County […]