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Building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. www.actionaidusa.org #MoreActionLessAid
🚨 Hospitals are overwhelmed as the death toll from Colombia’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake continues to rise. ActionAid Colombia & local partners are assessing urgent needs & mobilizing a locally led response. Read more and donate 👉 https://bit.ly/3RIlohl #ColombiaEarthquake #HumanitarianEmergency
Last year, women led the way: solar power for 800+ people in Vanuatu, a new Young Urban Women's Movement chapter in Liberia, and the Jacaranda Paper on feminist economics. More in the Women's Rights section of our #AnnualReport 👉 https://www.flipsnack.com/actionaidusa/annual-report-2025?p=12
#Ceuta must be a wake-up call. Migration policy cannot be judged by how many people are stopped at a border. It must be judged by whether it protects life, upholds human rights, and provides safe, legal pathways. Read our statement 👉 https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/ceuta-must-be-a-wake-up-call/
When an #Earthquake hit Myanmar last year, killing thousands and leaving millions without shelter, ActionAid's local partners acted swiftly, launching an emergency response on the ground. Read more about this & our global emergency response work in our #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4pPLYS3
Our annual report takes a hard look at how the current political climate is reshaping civil society & philanthropy, including the dismantling of USAID and the endangerment of millions of lives worldwide. Read the full section in our 2025 #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4pPLYS3
Etsio organizes immigrant communities at Make the Road New York. He came to #ClimateReparations Camp (CRC) to understand the root causes his members are already living through, so he can bring real tools back to them. Listen to his Camp experience & hear his takeaways.
"2025 was a year that demanded clarity, courage, and conviction. Across the globe, crises deepened... I am glad to say we did not waver." - Niranjali Amerasinghe, Executive Director, ActionAid USA Read how we faced the challenges of 2025 in our #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4yGigTO
📣 New IPC report: the entire population of Gaza faces crisis-level hunger, 9 months after a "ceasefire." ActionAid Palestine's Country Director is direct: "There is no ceasefire in Gaza, only the continuation of the genocide. Read our full statement 👉 https://bit.ly/4wnwebF
📣 Our 2025 Annual Report is live 📖❗ Inside: civil society and philanthropy under a shifting political landscape, our humanitarian response, and the wins in women's rights, climate justice, and economic justice built with frontline communities. 🔗 Dive in 👉 https://bit.ly/4yGigTO
Nearly four years since the #LossAndDamage Fund was created at COP27, it still hasn't paid out a cent. Rich countries have starved it of money, and last week its Board turned down every funding request on the table. Brandon Wu breaks it down 👉 https://bit.ly/3T0D7Rj #ClimateJustice
Sean organizes with unhoused youth in Pasadena & with The Black Alliance for Peace. When the Eaton fires hit his own community, he brought his experience to our #ClimateReparationsCamp & sharpened his organizing skills. Watch below & learn more about Camp 👉 https://bit.ly/4wEqJoI #ClimateJustice
"A call for global #ClimateReparations is exactly the reparative convo that we need to be having. When we think about the intersectionality of the climate movement, you've got to look global." 💬 - Gemma Gutierrez Watch her interview, then donate 👉 https://bit.ly/4wdi9ge #ClimateJustice
The climate justice movement is powered by organizers like Anjali Gulati & Gemma Gutierrez. Both came to our Climate Reparations Camp to connect & take what they built to the frontlines. Camp has a $6,000 gap. Help keep the space going 👉 https://bit.ly/4xGbzQW #ClimateReparations #ClimateJustice
A new #ActionAid report tracks #IMF policy advice across 11 countries. When debt repayment takes priority over public spending, essential services take the hit: health, education, and climate adaptation. Every time. Download the full report here 👉 www.actionaidusa.org/publications... #DebtJustice
New report: the #IMF’s “recipe” for lower-income countries is #Austerity, not justice. By pushing cuts to wages and #PublicServices while prioritizing wealthy creditors, the IMF continues to function as a colonial debt enforcer. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4xLamYI
🚨 🚨 🚨 Women & low-income households are paying the highest price for a crisis they did not create as fuel price hikes force families to skip meals, cut back on health care, & pull girls from schools. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4vUMn7t #GenderJustice #HumanitarianCrisis
In Ituri, DRC, Ebola is costing families their livelihoods. With cases over 300, movement restrictions are making it harder for families to access food, healthcare, and school. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4x9zgRw #Ebola #DRC
"We need to create new systems that are not attached to the old systems. It's only going to be sustainable if it's not attached to the old systems." — Anna Lynn, South Florida 🌀 This is what reparations actually look like. #ClimateReparations #ClimateJustice
Ebola is spreading through communities in eastern DRC, already facing conflict & displacement. ActionAid teams are on the ground in Ituri, providing PPE, trusted information, cash support, and protection services for women & girls. Donate now 👉 bit.ly/4v20bg2 #EbolaOutbreak #HumanitarianAid
In the #DRC, 1 in 3 people surveyed believe Ebola is not real. That's why we are working with local partners to share trusted information and support community-led prevention. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/43zVRZG #EbolaResponse
Rumors can put communities at risk during an outbreak. In DRC, ActionAid is working with local partners to share trusted information and support community-led prevention. Donate now to support our Ebola response in DRC 👉 https://bit.ly/3Prqptw #EbolaResponse #DRC #HumanitarianAid
#Ebola is spreading in northeast #DRC, where conflict & weakened public health systems are putting communities at even greater risk. ActionAid is working with local partners to help stop the spread & protect those most at risk. Donate now to stop the spread 👉 https://bit.ly/4v20bg2
The U.S. is the world's largest oil & gas producer & historically, its largest carbon polluter. Jamie Minden, Executive Director of @ThisIsZeroHour, says reducing emissions alone isn't enough. The U.S. must invest $446 billion in the Global South to meet its #FairShare. Watch👇 #ClimateReparations
“We, together as one global community, can fight for justice.” That’s what Nile is taking home from #ClimateReparationsCamp. Watch her interview below👇 #ClimateJustice 6/6
“#ClimateJustice is also racial justice & you can’t try to combat one without the other or at least addressing these issues. U.S. imperialism & other things like big corporations, individuals on track to be first trillionaires are all contributing to a larger economic & global climate disaster.” 2/6
“Within this huge Global North powerhouse, there is its own Global South, which is our Black, Brown, Indigenous, coastal frontline communities.” — Victoria Whalen at our Climate Reparations Camp. Frontline voices belong in EVERY room. #climatereparations #climatejustice
“Climate justice is also racial justice, and you can’t try to combat one without the other, or at least addressing these issues.” — Nile Bunger, Phoenix, AZ 🌵 Our Climate Reparations Camp brought organizers together to connect the fight. #ClimateReparations #ClimateJustice
The U.S. is the #1 historical polluter AND the #1 oil/gas producer on Earth. Frontline communities, here and globally, are paying for it. We spent a week at #ClimateReparationsCamp learning what justice actually looks like. Dive in 👉 https://bit.ly/4cJZUs7 #ClimateJustice
This #MayDay, workers, students, families, and communities are taking action to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires. This is people-powered change we need 💪 Find a May Day action near you and stand in solidarity on May 1 👉 https://maydaystrong.org/ #PeopleOverBillionaires
This #EarthDay, spare us the speeches. Frontline communities cannot rebuild on empty promises while wealthy polluters stall, dodge, and underpay. #ClimateJustice means paying up: $400 billion a year for #LossAndDamage. Read our demands 👉 https://bit.ly/4cBjwNJ