Gulf partnerships

ActionAid and other DEC member charities are responding to the crisis in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank, providing lifesaving food, water, shelter, medicine and so much more.   

You can help ensure people receive these urgently-needed resources by donating to our emergency appeal.

Become a Gulf partner

Our dedicated Gulf team can provide you with bespoke projects and reporting to suit your philanthropic and faith-inspired giving, enabling you to help reduce poverty and support women and girls in need.

We offer a range of exciting opportunities to our strategic partners: you would be invited to exclusive events with our country programme staff; you will have the opportunity to visit our work in-country; and you will gain insight into global events and emergencies so that you can see first hand what your donation has achieved.

Our projects are unique and we are working closely with Gulf funders to achieve maximum impact.

Why work with ActionAid?

At ActionAid, we do things differently. We focus on working with women and girls living in poverty. We are ending violence and fighting poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create a brighter future.

We work with local communities over the long term. Our staff are local, based in the regions and countries where we work. We understand the deep-rooted problems facing women and girls and work alongside whole communities to find solutions.

Where does your money go?

At ActionAid, we accept both Zakat1 where 100% of your donation reaches the beneficiary and Sadaqah gifts.

For instance, we are channelling Zakat donations to drought-affected households in Somaliland this Ramadan to ensure people’s basic needs are met.

Together, we can ensure that your gift has the maximum impact and creates sustainable change for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

We'd love to talk to you about how we can ensure your donation makes a real difference.

Find out more

To find out more, please call our Gulf Partnerships lead, Tanbina Salam Choudhury

Tanbina Salam Choudhury, Senior Gulf Specialist

Gulf Partnerships
tanbina.choudhury@actionaid.org

Call Tanbina on +44 (0) 20 3122 7536 or mobile +44 (0)7834 328655

Testimonial from our patron His Majesty The King

As Patron of ActionAid UK, I could hardly be more proud of ActionAid's efforts to tackle poverty and to support women and girls for nearly fifty years."

King Charles III is the Patron or President of a number of organisations, including ActionAid UK.

Since becoming a patron in 1995, His Majesty The King has helped to raise the profile of our programmes and shine a spotlight on our work to change the world with women and girls.

Education and humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh

We work in Bangladesh to help communities in both rural and urban parts of the country.

ActionAid supports the most marginalised women and children by helping them access education, protect themselves from violence and increase their resilience to the effects of climate change.

We also work with Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar providing them with essential aid such as solar street lights, hygiene kits, water and sanitation. Find out more about our work in Bangladesh.

Taniya studies in class six in Dhaka, Bangladesh

G.M.B. Akash/Panos/ActionAid

Volunteers get food items ready for distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic in occupied Palestinian territory.

Rushdi Saraj/ActionAid

Emergency response and support in occupied Palestinian territory

ActionAid works in the occupied Palestinian territory providing humanitarian assistance.

Ongoing conflict and poverty have had a devastating effect on the region. ActionAid has been operating in the occupied Palestinian territory since 2014. We have been providing humanitarian aid, psychosocial and economic support to help women and children in Gaza and the West Bank.

Most recently we have worked with partners to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic in the region providing food and sanitation packs.

Find out more about our work in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Examples of the work we do

 

 

Long-term support to Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon

We work closely with Syrian refugees who have fled the civil war.

Our centres in Lebanon and Jordan work with women and children to provide humanitarian aid, emotional support and help rebuild their lives through training and education.

Find out more about our work with refugees and displaced people.

Inaam came to Jordan after fleeing the conflict in Syria where she ran a surgery.

Sharron Lovell/ActionAid

We work in many more countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if there is a particular country you are interested in.

Footnotes

  • 1Zakat and Sadaqah donations are subject to donor and project agreements
Top image: Girls playing at an ActionAid partner centre in Hebron, West Bank. Sharron Lovell/ActionAid

Page updated 17 October 2024