Mining decision at Xolobeni is right, says state Aug 7, 2008
Earlier this year British charity ActionAid accused Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) of taking agricultural land from local communities in Limpopo without providing adequate compensation. ActionAid said the moves by the biggest platinum producer had resulted not only in an increase in hunger and poverty, but also in the destruction of a traditional way of life. (Business Report, South Africa)
The mystery of Pamodzi's cash needs digging into Aug 7, 2008
Similar allegations have been made by British charity ActionAid against the operations of Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) in rural Limpopo ... The platinum producer said ActionAid's report contained numerous errors in addition to inflammatory statements ... ActionAid is not known to be a a bunch of raving Trotskyists, while Angloplat has been known to be a respectable company. (Business Report, South Africa)
The death of Doha Jul 31, 2008
" Aftab Alam Khan of ActionAid, said, "The responsibility for the failure lies squarely with the US and EU, who could not think beyond the interests of their huge transnational businesses that want to grab more and more market opportunities in poor countries. For the US and the EU to blame China and India for the collapse is just laughable. (Asia Times Online)
All in a good cause: charity applies to 'demolish' St Paul's Jul 31, 2008
ActionAid says the mountain is as integral as the cathedral is to London ... ActionAid put in the application to the City of London requesting the "total demolition" of the London landmark ... ActionAid believes open-cast mining at the site in the state of Orissa will destroy local eco-systems, cause deforestation and adversely affect water sources. (BBC News -- UK)
Tesco throws its weight behind supermarket tsar Jul 20, 2008
The group is a coalition of MPs and pressure groups such as ActionAid and Friends of the Earth. The group wants the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to threaten legislation if the supermarkets do not sign up to the ombudsman scheme. (Independent)
Mandela Group Declares Food Human Right Jul 17, 2008
Mandela, who turns 90 Friday, did not attend Wednesday's meeting, at which The Elders consulted with Olivier de Schutter, appointed by the U.N. last year to study the food crisis, and experts from the development group ActionAid International. Along with Tutu and Annan, some of the Elders include former President Jimmy Carter; former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland; former Brazil President Fernando Cardoso; and former Irish President Mary Robinson. (Newsmax)
Africa: French Govt Report Condemns Trade Policies Jul 8, 2008
Meanwhile, campaign group ActionAid has expressed concern about the effects that an EPA could have on the fishing sector in West Africa ... According to ActionAid, the section on services in a draft EPA forwarded by the Commission to West African governments would "open the door" for European fishing companies to establish themselves in Senegal ... "Inherent to the EPAs are liberalisation measures which will see more European boats taking our fish with no obligation whatsoever to land the... (allAfrica.com)
G8 Wrangles Over Climate Change, Aid to Africa Jul 8, 2008
"We need to be asking ourselves why the G8 is not delivering their commitments," said Caroline Towers Kayira from ActionAid, an advocacy group. Kumi Naidoo with Global Call to Action Against Poverty added: "We are not seeking charity from G8, but we are seeking justice from G8.". (Planet Ark, United States)
* Biofuel pushes 260 million into risk of hunger: report Jul 5, 2008
CEREAL OFFENDERS: The charity ActionAid said that as the rich world places targets and subsidies in order to build energy security, the poor face increasing food insecurity THE GUARDIAN, LONDON Saturday, Jul 05, 2008, Page 6. The G8s push for greater biofuel use has been a significant factor in driving 760 million people into food insecurity and putting them at risk of hunger over the past two years, ActionAid said on Thursday ... ActionAids report comes as Ed Gallagher prepares to release... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
UK's Brown: G8 must not give up on climate change Jul 5, 2008
Sat, 5 Jul 05:22:56 GMT. LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned the G8 against a retreat into isolationism, saying the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight against climate change and poverty. (AlertNet)
EU to improve targeting of Third World food aid Jul 4, 2008
Anti-poverty agency Actionaid says developing countries lose 100 billion euros ($159 billion) a year in trade, twice as much as they get in aid ... Source: ActionAid (1 minute ago). (AlertNet)
Cereal offenders Jul 4, 2008
ActionAid estimates that the 82% rise in food prices since 2006 has put 760 million people at risk of hunger in addition to the 100 million who have been pushed below the $1-a-day poverty level ... "ActionAid says that the voracious demand for biofuels is largely a consequence of the targets and subsidies that the rich world has established to build energy security. Biofuel subsidies to US and EU farmers are worth between US$16 and US$18bn a year, or four times a much as all agricultural aid to... (AlertNet)
ActionAid Challenges G8 on Response to Food Crisis Jul 3, 2008
7 billion people - 25% of the world's population - at risk of hunger, warns anti-poverty agency ActionAid. WASHINGTON, July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Days ahead of the G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, ActionAid launches a new report, "Cereal Offenders: How the G8 has Contributed to the Global Food Crisis and What They Can Do to Stop It." Read the full report at: us ... pdf Report author and ActionAid's Food Rights Policy Associate, Ilana Solomon, said: "The insatiable demand for biofuels has... (PR Newswire)
Disappearing daughters: a Punjab shocker Jun 22, 2008
This is one of the disclosures in a new report, Disappearing Daughters, based on research done jointly in north and north-west India by ActionAid, a charity and NGO that has been working in the country since 1972, and by Canada s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) ... ActionAid and IDRC s research reveals that, despite policies to address girls rights and public information campaigns, sex-selective abortion and neglect are on the increase ... Laura Turquet, women s rights policy... (Calcutta Telegraph)
AID TO AFRICA Jun 17, 2008
Source: ActionAid (1 minute ago). Author: AlertNet (1 minute ago). (AlertNet)
Sustainable food development, access: The agriculture of hope Jun 16, 2008
Based in New Delhi, India, he currently leads the Just and Democratic Governance work for ActionAid International and can be reached at sendsandeep@gmail. com. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
ANALYSIS-Will US embrace boosting farm aid in world food crisis? Jun 14, 2008
Peter O'Driscoll, executive director of ActionAid USA, traces the shift to the early 1980s, when donors embraced liberalized trade and hoped poor nations would succeed under a new model where small-time, low-technology farming had failed ... Source: ActionAid (1 minute ago). (AlertNet)
Now rain threatens reservoirs in quake-hit China Jun 12, 2008
Source: ActionAid (1 minute ago). Author: David Darg (1 minute ago). (AlertNet)
UN food summit vows to tackle hunger Jun 6, 2008
"While we welcome the attention that the summit has drawn to addressing the emergency needs of the food price crisis, governments haven't made any serious long-term commitments," said campaign group ActionAid. Aid agencies and campaigners urged rich nations to make more tangible decisions at July's Group of Eight summit in Japan. (India Times, India)
UN says solving food crisis could cost $30 billion Jun 4, 2008
At the Circus Maximus, across from the conference site, ActionAid, an international anti-poverty group, unfurled a banner saying "Stop Profiting from Hunger Right to Food Now.". Join the Discussion. (International Herald Tribune)
Backgrounder on the Sahel Jun 3, 2008
ActionAid - Why Do Food Crises Persist in the Sahel. Climate change poses humanitarian challenges - top UN official. (allAfrica.com)
Cholera-hit Indians 'face hunger' Jun 3, 2008
Bratindi Jenna, ActionAid ... "Diarrhoea and cholera outbreaks happen nearly every year in this region and on average about 50 people die annually. But lessons are not being learned," says Bratindi Jenna of aid agency ActionAid ... ActionAid accuses the authorities of under-reporting cholera deaths to minimise compensation claims. (Yahoo News -- India)
Food Price "Catastrophe" Feared On Eve Of Summit Jun 3, 2008
"The current food crisis amounts to a gross violation of human rights and could fuel a global catastrophe, as many of the world's poorest countries, particularly those forced into import dependency, struggle to feed their people," said Johannesburg-based poverty campaign group ActionAid. "It is an outrage that poor people are paying for decades of policy mistakes such as the lack of investment in agriculture and the dismantling of support for smallholder farmers," said ActionAid analyst... (Planet Ark, United States)
Economy As Hot As Pepper Soup May 25, 2008
"The poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the non-oil-producers that don't have new cash flow, are still under the thumb of the IMF," said Rick Rowden, senior policy analyst for ActionAid, an IMF watchdog and critic. In Ghana, the IMF has been credited with helping to promote less wasteful government spending and worked with the World Bank to forgiveGhana's $381 million debt earlier this decade. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* British climate change aid plan comes under attack May 18, 2008
It should be grants and not loans, otherwise developing countries will have to pay twice, once for the emissions that caused the problems and then again to clean up the mess, said Tom Sharman, a policy adviser with ActionAid in London. This is not money that is additional to Britains aid budget. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
UK demands repayment of climate aid to poor nations May 17, 2008
"It should be grants and not loans, otherwise developing countries will have to pay twice, once for the emissions that caused the problems and then again to clean up the mess," said Tom Sharman, a policy adviser with ActionAid in London. "This is not money that is additional to Britain's aid budget. It seems strange to be cancelling debt and then inviting poor countries to take on new debt.". (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
Food bill comes infor liberalization May 14, 2008
In Nepal, the civil society organization ActionAid documents that rice import surges came in 1994, 1996 and 2000, with imports increasing by 175%, 55% and 800% respectively. From 24,500 tonnes imported in 1999, by the year 2000 imports had hit 195,000 tonnes. (Asia Times Online)
Anti-capital ActionAid should hang its head in shame May 9, 2008
To those who study the actions of the international charities that now play such an important role in the world economy, the seemingly gratuitous attack on Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) by ActionAid, a Britain-based non-governmental organisation with an annual income of about 95 million (R1 ... So it is not surprising that ActionAid's beautifully printed diatribe is so one-sided - and so inaccurate - that it has forced the normally reticent Angloplat to come out with guns blazing with a... (Business Report, South Africa)
Election 08: Parties' quest for power directing course May 6, 2008
He, however, commended the Ford Foundation, IBIS West Africa, Actionaid International, DANIDA, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for supporting NCCE to live above the water level. Speaking on the main theme for the celebration, Mr John Mark Opoku of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre said elections provided Ghanaians with the opportunity to let the constitution... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Racist venom is all Bullard could offer the media Apr 21, 2008
The real Anglo story: ActionAid is wrong ... This was the devastating demolition of the "community activist" flown in by ActionAid to repeat the outrageous allegations against Anglo Platinum (Angloplat) that they are marketing to the ill-informed - no doubt as part of a ploy to add to their already large coffers ... ActionAid's annual cash income from donations exceeds R1 billion. (Business Report, South Africa)
Developed countries urged not to undermine UNCTAD's role Apr 19, 2008
Mr Aftab Alam Khan, International Coordinator, Stop Corporate Abuse and Trade Justice Campaign of actionaid, said it was high time UNCTAD assumed its proper position as the body set up to help developing countries to manage their trade globally ... The study by actionaid and South Centre held that political will was essential in order to bridge the gap between promises and actions of the developed countries in dealing with the commodities problem. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
India quakes in the year of the rats Apr 9, 2008
According to a report by ActionAid, an international development non-governmental organization, "Conditions of widespread food shortages and hunger currently prevail in all the eight districts of Mizoram and there are clear manifestations of famine beginning to unfold in several locations. The conditions are most pronounced in the western and southern areas of the state notably the districts of Lawngtlai, Lungei, Saiha and Mamit where crop loss is estimated to be between 85-95%," the report... (Asia Times Online)
Report on ActionAid's Angloplat allegations left out vital facts Apr 9, 2008
A detailed, point-by-point rebuttal of each of the allegations made by ActionAid was made available to your reporter, who not only failed to mention the fact but managed to almost totally ignore it, making it look as if the allegations had substance, when the opposite is true: ActionAid's allegations are completely false. I have read Anglo Platinum's rebuttal. (Business Report, South Africa)
* OECD sees another poor year for overseas aid Apr 7, 2008
"One-off debt relief deals have disguised the fact that underlying aid levels have not increased," said ActionAid spokesman Jesse Griffiths. "Now major debt cancellation deals are over, and debt relief is no longer a major part of the aid figures, the real aid numbers are revealed," he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Relocation troubles bog down R5.8bn Angloplat project Apr 7, 2008
The comment was made during a media trip Angloplat organised, following the release of a damming report by non-governmental organisation ActionAid ... ActionAid said in its report last month that villagers regarded the section 21 companies as entities that did Angloplat's bidding and failed to represent them ... "Anglo Platinum paid legal advisers to set up and advise the section 21 companies, which have no independent income beyond what they receive from the mine ... "Clearly, there is a strong... (Business Report, South Africa)
Rich country aid down as debt relief slows-OECD Apr 5, 2008
Campaign group ActionAid said counting debt relief artificially inflated aid figures in the previous years. "This constant failure by rich countries to meet their commitments to the poor must end. It's time for them to set and stick to yearly targets to increase aid," Action Aid policy director Jesse Griffiths said in a statement. (AlertNet)
Three drivers of WFP-contracted trucks killed in Sudan Mar 26, 2008
Wed, 06:07 26 Mar 2008 GMT. The views expressed are the author's alone. (AlertNet)
* Environmentalists urge rich nations to boost funding Mar 15, 2008
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, of the ActionAid environmentalist group, said rich nations had an obligation to help developing nations. "We want to see that this is not a matter of charity," he said, adding that pollution caused by wealthy nations has caused the crisis that poorer nations now have to grapple with. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Brown's poverty plan must confront discrimination against women says ActionAid Mar 7, 2008
On the eve of International Women s Day a new report from ActionAid shows that promises made by the world s governments to tackle poverty are failing to deliver because the basic rights of women in the developing world are being ignored ... ActionAid s latest report Hit or Miss - Women s Rights and the Millennium Development Goals argues that the only way these promises can be met is if tackling discrimination against women and girls is put at the heart of the global response ... Laura Turquet,... (AlertNet)
Kenya's pastoralist communities in crisis Mar 1, 2008
Pastoralist people are facing crisis in Kenya s North Eastern Province (bordering Somalia) and in some neighbouring districts of Coast province, because of drought and the consequent pressure on grazing land warns ActionAid. Enrico Eminae, ActionAid s coordinator in North Eastern Province warned that 35,000 pastoralists in Takaba district are already at risk. (AlertNet)
ActionAid premieres film series by women from developing world Feb 21, 2008
To mark International Women s Day, ActionAid has partnered with Birds Eye View for the second year to bring an innovative series of films made by women from the developing world to audiences in the UK. ... Throughout March, as well as highlighting the struggles that women face, ActionAid will also be celebrating the contribution that women make to creating a fairer and more just world ... Freya Paleit, ActionAid said: "ActionAid is delighted to present these innovative, powerful and thought... (AlertNet)
AID WORKERS SAY Jan 26, 2008
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani ActionAid plans to deliver food and blankets for 28,000Afghanistan is experiencing what the UN says is the worst winter weather in 30 years, with heavy snowfall and temperatures falling below -20 degrees Celsius ... ActionAid Afghanistan spokesperson Mudasser Hussain Siddiqui said that concerns were growing for people living outside urban centres ... "ActionAid conducted a needs assessment from 15 to 21 January in five districts of Jawzjan province. Provincial and... (AlertNet)
41 Million Strong Campaign Goes to Congressional Black Caucus Debates in South Carolina Jan 19, 2008
Women of color unite to raise awareness about and demand an end to Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by ActionAid International USA: What: Women of Color United delegates, representing organizations with over 50,000 members nationwide, gather at the Congressional Black Caucus-sponsored Presidential debates in South Carolina to demand an end to Violence Against Women (VAW) and HIV/AIDS. When: Monday, January 21 from... (PR Newswire)
Zimbabwe at risk of more southern Africa floods Jan 17, 2008
International development charity ActionAid warned up to 250,000 people were at risk as the lower Zambezi valley is being flooded by waters from the giant Cahora Bassa dam. "There are 250,000 people living downstream of the dam. This is the second year they will lose everything," ActionAid Mozambique director Alberto Silva said in a statement. (AlertNet)
ActionAid calls for end to Kenya bloodshed Jan 7, 2008
The international development charity ActionAid has called on Kenya s political leaders to end the post-election bloodshed and work together for peace. Roger Yates, ActionAid s head of emergencies and acting country director in Kenya, said: "Kenyan people have lost faith in the democratic process, and across the country, it is poor people who are suffering the worst of the resulting violence."This bloodshed must end now. (AlertNet)
Ethiopian court convicts activists Dec 26, 2007
Bekele, who worked for ActionAid, and Netsanet, who worked for an aid group supported by ActionAid, were involved in deploying observers at polling stations in and around the capital, Addis Ababa. Julian Filochowski, an official with ActionAid International, said: "We are shocked and dismayed by the verdict as they were acquitted from the major charges and found guilty on lesser ones. "They belong to civil societies and are just trying to defend their activities," he said.Election violence... (Aljazeera.Net)
Barker: Polyarchy & UN Dec 26, 2007
Actionaid India Society which is a part of Actionaid, an international development agency that was formed in 1972 and aims is. Actionaid receives , and in 2005 alone, they obtained over $30 million from them ... One of Actionaids , Candido Grzybowski, is also a member of the. (Zmag.org)
Ethiopia activists found guilty Dec 25, 2007
Daniel Bekele, who works for ActionAid International, and local charity worker Netsanet Demissie could face up to 10 years in prison ... ActionAid spokesman Tony Durham said the group were dismayed by the verdict. (BBC News)
Ethiopian court convicts anti-poverty campaigners Dec 25, 2007
ActionAid stands by pair awaiting sentence Today Ethiopia's Federal High Court convicted anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the last remaining defendants in a trial in which they were charged along with 129 others, including leading members of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy. The verdict was met with shock and dismay by ActionAid, the international anti-poverty agency which employed Daniel Bekele and supported Netsanet Demissie's Organisation for... (AlertNet)
Congo violence fuels surge in child abduction-group Dec 24, 2007
Source: ActionAid (1 minute ago) Blogs. Author: Andrew Stroehlein (1 minute ago) Maps. (AlertNet)
Tsunami: three years on Dec 22, 2007
ActionAid and Disaster Emergency Committee press release. Three years after the 2005 Boxing Day tsunami one of the world s most devastating natural disasters ActionAid is continuing to help people rebuild their lives with money raised under the Disasters Emergency Committee national appeal and from its own resources ... By giving material support, psychological care and legal advice, ActionAid has helped ensure that survivors stand up for their rights to a home, an education, a livelihood and... (AlertNet)
ZIMBABWE: Country braces for another round of flooding Dec 20, 2007
Thu 20 Dec 2007, 07:31 GMT. The views expressed are the author's alone. (AlertNet)
Africa: Progress Not Fast Enough on Education Dec 18, 2007
"If a great agreement is reached today but no world leaders are here to sign it - does it really matter?" asked the Global Campaign for Education, a coalition grouping Save the Children, Oxfam, ActionAid, Education International and other non-governmental organisations (NGOs), teachers' unions and civil society groups from around the world. "Once again the High Level Group meeting has missed the opportunity to mobilise the much-needed political will," the group said in a statement. (allAfrica.com)
ADRA Colombia Awarded $1 Million Grant to Help Displaced Families Re-establish Livelihoods Dec 7, 2007
Source: ICRC - Switzerland Source: IMC - USA Source: MSF International Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: ActionAid. Sudanese refugees from southern Darfur carry water at a camp in Sam Ouandja in the northeast of Central African Republic (CAR) December 5, 2007. (AlertNet)
Chad army says attacks rebels in mountain hideout Dec 5, 2007
Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: ActionAid Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: ADRA - International Source: CWS. Actor Brad Pitt stands amidst the Pink Project, metal frames draped in pink fabric, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans December 3, 2007. (AlertNet)
BANGLADESH: Rice crop hit by recent cyclone Dec 5, 2007
Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: ActionAid Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: CWS Source: Medical Teams International - USA. Demonstrators perform a dance to protest against deforestation outside the Climate Change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali island December 5, 2007. (AlertNet)
Bangladesh cyclone damage much worse than thought-UN Dec 5, 2007
Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: ActionAid Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: Medical Teams International - USA Source: Norwegian Church Aid - Norway. RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2007 - Villagers wave from their settlement as they are seen surrounded by flood water near Shahdad Kot July 3, 2007. (AlertNet)
ICTR/WITNESS - A FALSE WITNESS SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS IN PRISON Dec 4, 2007
Source: FH - Switzerland Source: ActionAid Source: MAG - UK Source: MSF International Source: ICRC - Switzerland. Omar Khadr is seen in this undated family portrait. (AlertNet)
Ugandan justice failing war's rape victims-Amnesty Dec 1, 2007
Source: ADRA - International Source: CWS Source: CWS Source: ActionAid Source: WER - USA. Women affected by AIDS attend a meeting at GIPA, a local foundation set up to help people with AIDS, in Port-au-Prince November 30, 2007. (AlertNet)
WHO concerned at new Ebola strain in Uganda Dec 1, 2007
Source: ICRC - Switzerland Source: ActionAid Source: MAG - UK Source: MAG - UK Source: MAG - UK. Ugandan rebel fighter from the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) waits for transport on arrival at Entebbe international airport, 47km (28 miles) southwest of capital Kampala, November 30, 2007. (AlertNet)
International Medical Corps has deployed an Emergency Response team to Bangladesh Nov 29, 2007
Source: IMC - USA Source: Caritas Internationalis Source: ADRA - International Source: ActionAid Source: Save the Children - International Alliance. Cyclone survivors wait near a relief centre to collect cooked food in Southkhali, 420 km (261 miles) southwest of Dhaka, November 25, 2007. (AlertNet)
People living with HIV/AIDS want ART covered by NHIS Nov 29, 2007
ActionAid Ghana, an NGO, organised the forum for the more than 100 members of the Association of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (AWLWA) in the Upper West Region. The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (NFPA) sponsored the forum to enable the AWLWAs to interact with the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr. George Hikah Benson, to find out some of the challenges facing them. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
FEATURE-Older white women join Kenya's sex tourists Nov 26, 2007
Source: ActionAid Source: Christian Aid - UK Source: WV MEERO - Cyprus Source: Christian Aid - UK Source: ActionAid. Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto speaks to media as she submits her nomination papers to the election commission officer for specific seats of women in national assembly at Provincial Election Commission of Pakistan's office in Karachi November 25, 2007. (AlertNet)
* Vedanta refinery plans hit by new problems Nov 25, 2007
"We welcome the court's decision," said Babu Mathew, head of ActionAid India which opposes the mining plans. But the group remained "very apprehensive" about the final outcome, saying mining operations would "cause irreversible ecological damage" and the "death and destruction of tribals," he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bridge collapse kills storm survivors in Bangladesh Nov 25, 2007
Source: ACT - Switzerland Source: DMGF - Canada Source: WV - Asia Pacific Source: ActionAid Source: Save the Children - International Alliance. An army soldier distributes dates to young cyclone survivors in Tafalbari, 320 km (199 miles) northwest of Dhaka, November 24, 2007. (AlertNet)
