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    The young are the key to fighting climate change  Dec 4, 2008
    Marie Staunton Plan UK, Richard Miller ActionAid UK, David Bull Unicef UK, David Mepham Save the Children, Karen Ford Footprint Friends, Katy Oswald Institute of Development StudiesChildren in a Changing Climate. I fully concur with George Monbiot's list of measures that should be put in place to avert the worst excesses of global warming, but may I suggest two others. (guardian.co.uk)

    Forgotten promises on AIDS; France's faltering restaurants  Nov 30, 2008
    Leonard Okello, London, Head of HIV and AIDS programs, ActionAid International. France's faltering restaurants. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    HIV+ women in India lead the way to life of dignity  Nov 29, 2008
    This 24-year-old widow is a peer counselor with MILANA, a family support network of people living with HIV and a long-term ActionAid partner ... "MILANA is solely supported by ActionAid. In the last five years of our association, we have successfully introduced the idea of rights in the vision of their activities," says Christy Abraham, who leads the HIV/AIDS work of ActionAid ... Source: ActionAid International- India (1 minute ago). (AlertNet)

    Nigeria: Early Marriage Disrupts Schooling, Say NGOs  Nov 27, 2008
    Some girls go to drastic lengths to avoid an early marriage, Hafsat Baba, director of ActionAid for seven northern states, told IRIN.. "In many instances girls who are unable to cope with their husbands run away and end up as prostitutes... A number of prostitutes will tell you that they were victims of early marriage and ran away because they couldn't live with the husbands forced on them [by their parents]", said Baba, who runs a reproductive health awareness programme in brothels. (allAfrica.com)

    Africa: Taxation a Sticky Issue At Upcoming Financing Talk Fest  Nov 24, 2008
    ActionAid spokesperson Laura Sullivan said there is a "massive potential of taxation to contribute to development". She described the loss resulting from capital flight from poor to rich countries as "a hole that has to be plugged". (allAfrica.com)

    Unilever Supports the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility for the Fourth Year in Row  Nov 20, 2008
    - Asian Institute of Management Alumni of Singapore - ActionAid International Vietnam- ASEAN Foundation- Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium- Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia- Business in the Community-UK- Center for Development and Integration - Vietnam- Centre for Social Markets India- Community Business - Hong Kong- Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry- Council for Better Corporate Citizenship - Japan- German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)- Habitat for Humanity... (JCN Network, Japan)

    DR Congo army pushes rebels back  Nov 15, 2008
    A spokesman for the charity ActionAid told the BBC cases of rape and violence against women have risen dramatically since the latest fighting broke out. Are you in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (BBC News)

    In pictures: Crying for peace  Nov 15, 2008
    A spokesman for the charity ActionAid said the high incidence of rape sometimes resulted in offspring known as the "children of war". In addition to violence, women are dealing with food shortages and sickness. (BBC News -- Africa)

    Behind Milk Scandal, a Drop in Breast-Feeding  Oct 25, 2008
    "There are more and more advertisements, and because people are richer than before, they have money to buy breast-feeding substitutes," said Feng Yuan, project manager at the China office of ActionAid, an anti-poverty organization. About 49 percent of Chinese mothers with babies under 6 months breast-feed exclusively, said Ding Bing, editor of a breast-feeding newsletter in Beijing, citing a 2005 survey by China's Ministry of Health. (Washington Post)

    The Population and Community Development Association of Thailand and the Kenan Institute Asia to support the 7th Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility to be held in Singapore.  Oct 21, 2008
    AFCSR's notable network of partner associations in the region includes: Asian Institute of Management Alumni of Singapore ActionAid International VietnamASEAN FoundationAsia Pacific Philanthropy ConsortiumBusiness Ethics Institute of MalaysiaBusiness in the Community-UKCenter for Development and Integration - VietnamCentre for Social Markets - IndiaCommunity Business - Hong KongConfederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and IndustryCouncil for Better Corporate Citizenship - JapanGerman... (JCN Network, Japan)

    Thousands displaced in the DRC  Oct 5, 2008
    Kakule Kambale of ANAMAD, a local ActionAid partner organisation, said: "The bombs were coming from the hill. They destroyed our office. About 15 women from ANAMAD were hit by stray bullets." ... ActionAid has highlighted an urgent need for funds to provide immediate aid to the thousands of new Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) now moving in the direction of Goma ... "The situation is becoming increasingly desperate for IDPs. A number of the new arrivals are injured, families have been... (AlertNet)

    Africa: What Happens to Aid Money?  Sep 24, 2008
    The group launched the campaign on 1 September at the Accra aid effectiveness forum, and include freedom of information organisations Access Info and Tiri, and NGOs such as Data/ONE, the UK Aid Network and Actionaid. Donors are encouraged to adopt PWYF's donor transparency principles, which commits them, among other things, to sharing timely information about their giving. (allAfrica.com)

    FEATURE-India's "river of sorrow" brings biblical flood  Sep 11, 2008
    "This is the mother of all floods," said P.V. Unnikrishnan of aid agency ActionAid, summing up the devastation. The Kosi, a tributary of the mighty Ganges, flooded an area roughly the size of Belgium. (Reuters India)

    Sierra Leone:Questioning the Use of Aid  Sep 2, 2008
    However, according to Tennyson Williams, the country director of international anti-poverty group ActionAid, the current aid architecture as a whole needs revamping if it is to have a positive impact on the recipient nation. "The aid packages come along with conditionalities such as ensuring the recipient -- government -- gets 37 percent for its reserves, another 37 percent to finance its debts and only at liberty to spend just 26 percent of the total package. This does not give the necessary... (allAfrica.com)

    ActionAid pumps in 30 lacs INR as Bihar floods declared a 'national calamity'  Sep 1, 2008
    Reuters AlertNet - ActionAid pumps in 30 lacs INR as Bihar floods declared a 'national calamity ... ActionAid pumps in 30 lacs INR as Bihar floods declared a 'national calamity ... 1 September, New Delhi: ActionAid, international anti-poverty agency, releases 30 lacs INR to step up relief response as government declares Bihar floods as 'national calamity. (AlertNet)

    Millions are displaced by floods in India  Aug 30, 2008
    ActionAid, an anti-poverty agency based in South Africa, estimates that 2,000 people have died and that thousands more are missing. "We are helpless," Rajiv Kumar Singh, 36, said in a telephone interview from Singheshwar, a village in the flooded Madhepura district of Bihar. (International Herald Tribune)

    Limit presidential debate to NPP/NDC flag bearers  Aug 26, 2008
    The rest are the Association of Ghana Industries, ActionAid, Private Enterprises Foundation, Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Ghana Hairdressers and Beauticians Association. On preparation for the debate, Cardinal Appiah Turkson said IEA in collaboration with its partners is working on technical, logistics and security arrangements to ensure an incident-free debate. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Famine Warning in Horn of Africa  Aug 16, 2008
    UK aid agency ActionAid disclosed this in a report based on a detailed assessment of the situation by its staff across the Horn of Africa region ... "With millions facing hunger and destitution, the region is now reaching a tipping point with increasing numbers of people unable to cope," ActionAid says ... In northern Rift Valley, ActionAid found that most men were away searching for water and pasture, while women and children struggled to survive on poisonous wild fruit called loma. (allAfrica.com)

    Population Bomb Author's Fix For Next Extinction: Educate Women  Aug 14, 2008
    Human activity is responsible for a sixth extinction of thousands of species, so Paul Ehrlich and a colleague call for educating women to slow population growth. SIXTH EXTINCTION: The Panamanian golden frog, pictured here, is extinct, thanks to a lethal combination of habitat destruction, climate change and a fungal disease. (Scientific American)

    India court okays mining projects  Aug 9, 2008
    "Even if you kill us we will not give Niyamgiri," said one tribal member Jairam, in a press statement released on the tribe's behalf by British charity ActionAid. Another member of the tribe, Jitu Jakeskia, said: "We are deeply connected with the mountain. It is home to our God Niyamraja. "We will not allow the company to mine our land, our sacred place. (BBC News -- South Asia)

    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)

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