Tagged with climate change

Fungai, 14, Zimbabwe, drinking water from a borehole built by ActionAid to protect her community from water borne diseases like cholera. Photo: Samantha Reinders/ActionAid

Cholera and other waterborne diseases

Posted 17 August 2017

What is cholera, and what are other waterborne diseases? Learn more about cholera and ActionAid's work supporting affected communities.

Rasal and her mum arrive in Moria camp in Lesvos, Greece. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/ActionAid

Refugee and displacement crises

Posted 3 July 2017

Find out about refugee crises and displacement crises around the world. How many displaced people and refugees are there around the world - and how to help.

Saafi is currently living in the Giro-Sumo IDP camp in Somaliland with her young daughter

Food crisis in East Africa 2017-2023

Posted 10 March 2017

Facts and figures about the food crisis in East Africa. Find out what is happening in East Africa right now, and how ActionAid is working to avert hunger and famine in East Africa.

Ifra can't produce enough breastmilk because she has not had any food herself. Her eight-month old baby is now at risk of malnutrition. . Photo: Ashley Hamer /ActionAid

Famine

Posted 1 March 2017

Famine and food crises threaten the lives of millions. What are the causes and the countries most affected?

Gangala is from a fishing community in Andra Pradesh, India, which has been supported with tools and training from ActionAid. Photo: ActionAid

Food security and sustainable livelihoods

Posted 20 September 2016

ActionAid's work on food security and sustainable livelihoods. Learn more about food insecurity and how we support training for sustainable livelihoods.

Malyuun fears for her three-year-old daughter, Nimo. . Photo: ,Jennifer Huxta/Actionaid

Hunger hurts: mothers struggle to feed their children

Posted in Blog on 15 April 2016

Climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon mean that families already living on the margins of survival are struggling to grow or buy the food they desperately need. In Somaliland, drought is causing harvests to fail and turning fields to dust. In Bangladesh, flooding rivers and rising seas are swamping crops and robbing people of their livelihoods. We're working to support the most vulnerable - but we need your help.