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6 Months On from Hurricane Matthew

On the night of 4 October 2016 Hurricane Matthew struck the south-western tip of Haiti bringing heavy rainfall in the south, south-east and the north-west, and creating the largest humanitarian emergency in the country since the 2010 earthquake. What was

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Glendalough Hike to Fundraise for Nepal

Gerry and Trish Kerr, ActionAid Ireland supporters from Celbridge, are organising a group hike to fundraise for girl’s education in Nepal. The hike is taking on 8th April in Glendalough. Gerry and Trish have been supporters of ActionAid for more

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AFTER Project Launch

The AFTER Project (Against Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting Through Empowerment and Rejection) was launched on Thursday 26th January, by Joe McHugh TD, Minister for State for Diaspora and International Development. AFTER Project Report Launch On the day a review

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Infographic of ActionAid’s Haiti Response showing aid distribution: training, vouchers, and hygiene kits provided.
Update on our response in Haiti

ActionAid’s Response to Hurricane Matthew in Haiti Thank you to everyone who supported our response in Haiti following devastating Hurricane Matthew this year. This is what the generosity of Irish supporters and Irish Aid has meant in Haiti: ActionAid distributed

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The Brave Women Fighting to End FGM/C

“Female genital mutilation is very bad for women. Life becomes painful and it isn’t necessary. My aim in life is to support the cause against female genital mutilation”, Christine. FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FGM/C), according to the World

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FGM in Kenya

The Horrors of FGM An extract from ActionAid Chairman and former RTE Broadcaster Rodney Rice’s article on FGM. Taken from the Tuesday 29th November 2016 edition of The Irish Times. “There is no delicate way to tell this story of

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