In developing countries we help poor people tackle discrimination and protect their rights from violation by governments, corrupt officials and corporations that put profits before people.
We also mobilise social movements in rich countries like Australia to hold governments and corporations to account for how their actions affect the people we work with.
Current campaigns
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The Last FamineIt is a shameful scandal that in our world of plenty, there are thousands of children right now in East Africa dying needlessly from hunger.
Past campaigns
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Tax JusticeIf you or I didn’t pay our taxes we’d be in trouble. So how do so many large companies manage to dodge billions of dollars’ worth in developing countries?
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Millennium Development GoalsAustralia joined countries from around the world in 2000 to adopt the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aiming to halve world poverty by 2015.
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Tanzania Blog TrainingAre you a woman with a connection to the land? Do you want to be part of the solution to the world's food crisis? Then ActionAid needs you!
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1GOAL: Education for AllToday, 69 million children in the world are denied the chance to go to school. It doesn't have to be this way. Since 2000, 40 million more children find themselves in school. Education beats poverty - and gives people…
