Q2608548
Sign in to saveActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. It is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- ActionAid
- Organization.image
- Actionaid logo.svg
- Organization.size
- 270px
- Organization.founder
- Cecil Jackson-Cole
- Organization.type
- International NGO
- Organization.status
- Nonprofit organization
- Organization.headquarters
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Organization.region_served
- Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Americas
- Organization.membership
- Child sponsors
- Organization.leader_title
- Secretary General
- Organization.leader_name
- Arthur Larok
- Organization.purpose
- ActionAid works with communities to reduce poverty and promote human rights
- Organization.website
- www.actionaid.org
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Tax and economic justice
- Women's rights
- Climate justice
- Emergencies and humanitarian aid
- Child sponsorship
- Alliance-building
- Supporting social causes through the mass media
- Notable leaders
- References
- Further reading
- External links
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide. It is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues.
It was founded in 1972 by Cecil Jackson-Cole as a child sponsorship charity (originally called Action in Distress) when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya. Its primary focus is providing children with an education, furthering human rights for all, assisting people who are in poverty, and assisting people who face discrimination and injustice. ActionAid works with over 15 million people in 45 countries to assist those people.
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