About Gifts in Action
Your charity gift could support a woman like Rahma, from Somaliland
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How essentials kits support women like Rahma
In Somaliland, thousands are living in overcrowded displacements camps due to climate change-related droughts and extreme weather.
These can be difficult and dangerous places to live for women like 33-year-old Rahma and her children.
“As a mother with several girls it's not easy to live in this camp, because if I send them to collect firewood I have a lot of worry,” she told us.
When we get a period, we can't afford to buy sanitary pads, so we use cloth.”
Thanks to ActionAid supporters, Rahma and her family received essentials kits, containing vital supplies like clean clothes, underwear, soap and menstrual products.
They also contain a torch to help women and girls move safely about the camp after dark.
How animal gifts support farming women in Burundi
In Burundi, 90% of the population depend on agriculture, but the lack of quality soil has made it difficult for farmers to grow crops.
This means rural families are often unable to meet basic needs like food, clothing and shelter, and more than 40% of children drop out of school early.
But thanks to ActionAid supporters, we supply farming families with livestock like a pig or goat, which are easy to raise and care for, and very productive.
Goats and pigs produce quality manure, so farmers are able to improve their crop yields and help bring food security to their communities.
Livestock gifts are supporting women farmers in Burundi
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Page updated 1 August 2024
