Blog

25 Jul 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: six months on

Six months on since two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria, what is the situation for people who were affected? We explore some of the stori...

Racha Nasreddine

Director for ActionAid Arab Region

Celine, daughter of Marah, a newborn in the ActionAid-funded hospital in north-west Syria. Photo: Sonya Al Ali Maara / ActionAid

26 Jun 2023

Two global climate conferences, two failures of political leadership

This month has seen two widely anticipated global summits on climate change, but they have left us wanting. With COP28 looming in five months, the suc...

Sophie Rigg

Head of Climate Policy

Once filled with over 150,000 barrels of water, this ActionAid-implemented earth dam in Beerato, Somaliland is now completely dry due to failed rains and increasing temperatures. Photo: Daniel Jukes/ActionAid

21 Jun 2023

Climate crisis: whose responsibility?

In this guest blog, read why Mishita, an ActionAid UK Community Campaigner, thinks accountability is important in the fight for climate justice. ...

Mishita Khurana

Community Campaigner

Steven and Joyce work for Action Aid in Tanzania. Here they are at house ruins in the village Njinjo in southern Tanzania which was completely destroyed by flash floods in 2020 killing some villagers and displacing hundreds. Photo: William Vest-Lillesøe/ActionAid

16 Jun 2023