What does ActionAid do?
ActionAid’s mission statement is to work with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice. Austcare and ActionAid share a fundamental philosophy of building human security at the community level, working ‘with’ people rather than ‘for’ them. Like Austcare, ActionAid works with local partners in all of their projects to ensure that activities and decisions are based on local knowledge and experience. Last year alone, ActionAid reached over 13 million of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, helping them fight for and claim their rights to food, shelter, work, education, healthcare and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. ActionAid is currently working in 19 countries in Africa, 9 countries in Central and South America and 11 countries in Asia.
