Al-Awda Hospital

ActionAid Ireland reports huge increase in injured patients being treated at its partner hospital in Gaza  in one of the bloodiest weeks since the start of the war
  • Date: 12/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland said today that staff at its partner hospital in northern Gaza, Al-Awda, are desperately trying to cope with an influx of injured patients from Gaza City in one of the bloodiest weeks since the start of the war.   ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said doctors at the hospital are working around the.....

Dry landscape in Elginised village,Somaliland. Amina ibrahim Koshin,80, one of the elders in the village says she remebers it green and not grey and dry

ActionAid Ireland says climate action must move into higher gear following release of alarming new climate data
  • Date: 09/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

Climate action must move into a much higher gear if we want to avert runaway climate breakdown, ActionAid Ireland said today. Commenting on new data by Copernicus Climate Change Service, which revealed that average global temperatures have been 1.5°C degrees above pre-industrial levels for a year, ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said: “The nightmare of.....

Displaced Palestinians set up tents on a beach, near Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip

ActionAid Ireland launches urgent appeal for support for Gaza and other countries devastated by conflict and crisis around the world.
  • Date: 08/07/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland has launched an urgent appeal for vital support for the people of Palestine who have been living through horror since the start of the Gaza conflict nine months ago. ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said it is also important we don’t forget needs in other countries around the world suffering the devastating consequences.....