ActionAid

ActionAid is a leading international charity working in over 45 countries and was founded in 1972. We work with the poorest women and girls in the world, changing their lives for good.

Our local staff provide immediate, hands-on support to women and girls living on the margins of survival. Together we demand action at local, national and international level. We don’t walk away until we’ve achieved lasting change. ActionAid receives just 3% of its funding from gifts in Wills.

If you would like more information about supporting ActionAid in this way, please contact us by email to [email protected].org or phone us on 01460 238 000 or visit the ActionAid website.

Working in a co-perative has change Beatrice’s life for good

Single mum Beatrice Nyirahitimana, 23, lives with her children Confiance and Queen. After her father was killed in the genocide, Beatrice went to live with an uncle who became abusive. At 19 she ran away and, until she joined Nyanza Women’s Cooperative, Beatrice was trying to make ends meet on her own.

“The women in the cooperative are good advisors. If I have financial problems I can get money from the cooperative. I solve that problem and then I bring back the money. It’s good to be trusted by other women. It has changed my life. Since I’ve had my women’s rights training I understand that no one can violate my rights in any way”

ActionAid supported Beatrice’s co-op to make bricks, farm mushrooms, raise animals and grow vegetables to eat and sell. “Since I got the cow I now have fertiliser for my garden, a bigger harvest and I can save. The cow has changed my children’s life because it means they have milk which is nutritious”

Photo credit: Crystaline Randazzo/ActionAid

Here are some of the ways your gift can help ActionAid with its vital work

A legacy of £3000 could buy 500 mosquito nets and provide training (for a community of 1000) on how to prevent the incidence of dengue fever - knowledge which can then be passed on from one generation to the next.

£90 could fund a year’s flexible schooling for three children who work in one of India’s brick factories.

£140 could buy two bicycles for school girls in rural Ghana, which they can use getting to and from school.

If you want to find out more about ActionAid and the great work they do please visit: http://www.actionaid.org.uk

Working in a co-perative has change Beatrice’s life for good

Here are some of the ways your gift can help ActionAid with its vital work

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