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🚨The war in Lebanon has devastated communities already battling poverty and displacement. More humanitarian aid is needed to help the hundreds of thousands of people who have lost everything. Please donate🙏 https://lnkd.in/dGWFCE8S

Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we share with you a series of photos by 2024 World Press Photo Foundation Award winner Julia Kochetova highlighting what the Ukraine war is like from the lens of people with disabilities. Read their stories: https://lnkd.in/euSngDTd

Ahead of her testimony at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) climate change hearing today, ActionAid Vanuatu's Flora Vano said: "World leaders hear our plea. This isn't fiction; it's our daily reality. Stop fossil fuel extraction and take responsibility for the pollution. We need rich polluting countries to fund our adaptation, mitigation, and recovery with grants, not loans. This will allow us to rebuild and thrive, for the sake of our children and their children." Read more: https://lnkd.in/dCUZBe4T

🚨 Together we are louder 🚨 Join the global movement demanding an immediate #CeasefireNow 👉 https://chng.it/hkZsQKHBMK

🚨ActionAid's partner, VIOLET ORGANIZATION has been providing crucial humanitarian support in #Syria. Founder of the organisation, Fouad Sayed Issa, explains on Channel 4 what the situation is like on the ground and how teams have been providing support to those affected by the war. 📽️

🚨Violent clashes in north-west Syria have displaced over 14,000 people in 3 days across Idlib and western Aleppo, forcing ActionAid partners to suspend their vital humanitarian work. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d7rtNAd2

🚨 More than 1.6 million people across Gaza and Lebanon face a wet and freezing winter without proper shelter. “Tents are made of fabrics and blankets that are not resistant to the rain. The severe overcrowding in the temporary shelters does not allow for water to drain. The tents will certainly be flooded because there is no infrastructure in these camps to drain the rain water. Most of what the organisations can provide – unfortunately – is below the minimum needs of the people because the ongoing siege on the Gaza Strip is preventing materials from entering the Palestinian markets, and aid from reaching the people,” - Sahar, head of the Palestinian Development Women Studies Association, ActionAid’s partner in Gaza. We are calling for a permanent ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza, as well as the entry of essential aid into Gaza to help people survive the winter. https://lnkd.in/d8t4H5Gg

Women-led organisations in Gaza have reported a rise in cases of violence against women and girls, as the collapse of legal systems has left survivors without access to justice amid the ongoing war. 📢This #16Days, let's amplify these stories and unite to advocate for change.

🚨The Lebanon 60-day ceasefire deal is not an acceptable long-term solution. "Are people in Lebanon now to live in limbo until bombs start dropping on their homes again? A permanent ceasefire is the only way to end the suffering and enable people in Lebanon to rebuild their lives," - Paras Tamang, our Global Humanitarian Director. Read our full statement: https://lnkd.in/dJU_kEpn

✨JOIN US | To mark #16Days of Activism on Violence Against Women and Girls, ActionAid will be hosting a webinar together with MENA Fem Movement For Economic, Development And Ecological Justice, End Austerity and Young Urban Women, on the role of IMF Fiscal/Tax policies on Gender Equality. 🗓️ Tomorrow, 27 November 2024 🕑 11h00 - 13h00 GMT 🔗https://bit.ly/3AUCmAB