 AllAfrica.com By Daily Observer, 15 March 2012 Following the declaration of food and seed emergency as a result of crop failure in The Gambia by the Ministry of Agriculture, ActionAidInternational The Gambia has announced that it is working with ActionAid UK to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'No Country Develops With 70 Percent Recurrent Expenditure' AllAfrica.com By Sunday Williams, 14 March 2012 Actionaid Nigeria has condemned the allocation of 70 percent resources to recurrent expenditure in the 2012 budget proposals saying that no country develops under such provision. Actionaid Country Director, Hussaini ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bangladesh's "teenage" brothels hold dark steroid secret Reuters In 2010, ActionAid Bangladesh began a campaign to promote awareness of the drug among sex workers. But they say they are facing a long fight in persuading not only the brothels to stop using it but also authorities to regulate it. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Institutional Partnership Development Officer Pro Bono Australia ActionAid Australia is a rights based anti-poverty agency addressing the root causes of poverty and injustice - not just the effects. At the heart of ActionAid's work is the belief that each of us, rich or poor, is entitled to the same basic human ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How I made a fortune in multi-level marketing—Dr (Mrs) Jummai Umar-Ajijola Nigerian Tribune DR Jummai Umar-Ajijola worked with the United Nations (UN), Actionaid and Microsoft. But today, she says she has found fulfilment, above all else, as a multi level marketer of Forever Living Products. As a guest speaker at the Forever Living Products ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Portraits of Malawi – audio slideshow The Guardian Robertson travelled with ActionAid to the country, where three-quarters of the population live on less than $2 a day. Poverty is the root cause of almost all challenges facing the people of Malawi: small-scale farmers lack the initial investment to buy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fiscal Commission decries inconsistencies in budgetary processes The Nation Newspaper He made the remark yesterday during a town hall meeting organised by the Actionaid and Citizens Wealth Platform (CWP) entitled: 2012 Budget and the economy, in Abuja. He decried the inconsistencies in the country's budgetary preparation, approval and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Christian comment This is Somerset Amnesty International, UNICEF, the Red Cross and Action Aid - all secular. See too secular Humanist groups like the BHA and their work for human rights. I was researching recently into theistic versus atheistic charities and I found a great deal of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Walk to save the world Channel Television It is the 42nd year for the event, which supports Action Aid, Christian Aid, Hope For A Child, Save The Children, Oxfam and The Tsunami Fund. Organisers are hoping to add another £30000 to the coffers this time around. The 20km walk starts and ends at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Our MPs must halt Coalition tax wheezes Belfast Telegraph ActionAid estimates that developing countries could lose £4bn - while the Treasury's figures show the UK will lose £1bn a year. When companies dodge taxes, it is ordinary people in the UK, and around the world, who pick up the bill. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Could abolishing tax havens solve Africa's financing needs? The Guardian This could cost developing countries £4bn a year in lost tax revenue, according toActionAid estimates. These outflows undermine the rule of law, stifle trade and worsen macroeconomic conditions. They are facilitated by around 60 tax havens and secrecy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US Bar Association to Promote Women's Rights AllAfrica.com Burke also noted that the ABA has a lot to offer members of the Rwandan Bar Association and hopes that the partnership continues. Josephine Uwamariya, the Country Director ofAction Aid, noted that the meeting with ABA will help bring an international ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Just raising awareness is not enough Ottawa Citizen But Arthur Larok, director of Action Aid in Uganda, points out that what Ugandans really need - and what local activists have been striving to achieve in the wake of LRA raids - is stability to rebuild their health and education systems, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nick Clegg will attend Rio Earth summit The Guardian Meredith Alexander, head of policy at ActionAid said: "Nick Clegg has made a great decision. Rio +20 will be a pivotal point for the world's poorest people. It's an important opportunity for the deputy prime minister to use his influence to convince ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Commission picks holes in fiscal act, seeks reform Information Nigeria Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Aliyu Jibril Yelwa, stated this in Abuja at a Town Hall meeting on the 2012 budget organised by a non-government organization, ActionAid. Participants were drawn from government agencies, organised private sector, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NGO proposes bye-law to stop violence against girls GhanaWeb She said the proposed bye-law was part of several interventions her organization was undertaking in the north-eastern part of the region under the Stop Violence Against Girls in School (SVAGS) Project, which is an initiative by ActionAid Ghana, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| VIDEO: Invisible Children releases new KONY 2012 video in response to critics Metro.us Relief groups like ActionAid Uganda say the film's numbers are exaggerated. Others accuse Invisible Children of a complex marketing scheme to exploit the plight of African people for a profit. Keesey spends much of the 10-minute video posted by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FM Pun stresses new dev policy Himalayan Times The conference was attended by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Commissioners of the European Union, Director General of the World Bank, Development Minister of Finland, and Chief of the Action Aid among others. Economic Advisor at the Finance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Insight, debate and campaigning news from ActionAid :: ActionAid UK Insight, debate and campaigning news from ActionAid. Government quizzed on tax loopholes at Prime Ministers Questions. 15 March 2012 15:24. Chris Jordan#39; style= Chris Jordan, Tax Justice Campaigner. Over 5000 people have asked ... ActionAid UK | Hot blogs |
| Will poor countries become collateral damage to UK Insight, debate and campaigning news from ActionAid. Will poor countries become collateral damage to UK tax changes? 6 March 2012 11:19. Chris Jordan#39 ... www.actionaid.org.uk/100621/blog.html?article=3929 |
| Gambia News Online: Action Aid responds to Gambia's appeal for ... Action Aid International-The Gambia, on Thursday, announced that it will provide 50000 people with urgently needed food aid and drinking water, as the Gambia ... gambianewsonline.blogspot.com/.../action-aid-responds-to-ga... |
| FOROYAA Online - ActionAid Responds to Emergency - Burning ... ActionAid has responded to the Government's declaration of severe crop failures and soaring of food prices by planning to provide 50000 people with urgently ... www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9221 |
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