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Arsheen Qasim

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  • 34-year-old Robaba is washing her children's hands and training them in washing techniques

    34-year-old Robaba is washing her children's hands and training them in washing techniques. Photo: Mubaraka Hussaini/ActionAid

    How Covid-19 is affecting child sponsorship during Ramadan

    Posted 12 May 2021

    ActionAid's child sponsorship officers who work with children and local communities around the world discuss how Ramadan is different during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how child sponsorship this month and beyond help children and their families. 

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  • Halwo is a farmer in Somaliland affected by climate change and the repeated cycle droughts.

    Halwo is a farmer in Somaliland affected by climate change and the repeated cycle droughts. Photo: Daniel Jukes

    Earth Day: 8 ways to fight climate change

    Posted 14 Apr 2021

    Find out what Earth Day on 22nd April is about, and see how you can fight climate change and make a difference to the planet and its people with some simple lifestyle hacks.

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  • Children in Pursat, Cambodia travel to school on boats during the wet season. Photo: Cindy Liu/ActionAid

    World Water Day: everything you should know

    Posted 17 Mar 2021

    On World Water Day, we explore the unavoidable link between water and climate change. Find out when it is and what it means to mark this important day. 

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  • 8-year-old Krijana learnt all about the coronavirus through radio programmes in Nepal. Photo: Umesh Nepali/ActionAid

    10 ways to protect education for the Covid-19 generation

    Posted 22 Jan 2021

    Education must not be a casualty of the Covid-19 crisis.

    Millions of children around the world are being affected by the coronavirus crisis and we need to make sure we don't roll back on children's rights and years of progress in advancing girls' rights.

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  • Covid-19 can be a catastrophe in densely-packed places around the world.

    Covid-19 can be a catastrophe in densely-packed places around the world. Photo: ActionAid

    Why Covid is a catastrophe in densely-packed places

    Posted 15 May 2020

    Imagine trying to stay six feet apart in a refugee camp or a slum. Find out how coronavirus crisis is a catastrophe in the most densely populated places around the world.

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  • ActionAid volunteer facilitator, Hawa conducts an Ebola awareness session in Sierra Leone in 2014. Photo: ActionAid

    Covid: How misinformation can be fatal

    Posted 1 May 2020

    Myths about the spread of global health phenomena are not new. They are a common occurrence and have existed for a long time, but in the age of social media, fake news, and misinformation it is now more important than ever to separate fiction from fact.

    Find out how the coronavirus pandemic has generated its own information crisis.

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