ActionAid Ireland today called on the international community to rally and heed the call for swift humanitarian aid to the thousands affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan on August 31st. The scale of this tragedy is heartbreaking ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said the organisations teams in Afghanistan are working closely with local partners to.....

Garissa, in northeastern Kenya, lies six hours (367 km) from the capital Nairobi. Scorched by heat, its lifeline is the muddy Tana River, which winds along the edge of town, sustaining nearly 950,000 people. But this region is increasingly at the mercy of climate change, with floods and droughts wreaking havoc on already marginalised communities. .....

My name is Genet Shume and I am the programme director for ActionAid Ethiopia. I am passionate about women’s rights and justice for women. I studied law as my first degree and worked for the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association, and then the Federal Supreme Court Child Justice Project Office, before joining ActionAid. We provided free.....