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Shumona is 9, and lives in southern #Bangladesh. Her family #home, which she shares with her four siblings and her #mother, Asma, has been destroyed by #storms four times in five years. Asma said, “When the heavy #rains come, we sit huddled within our h
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Justin is a cheeky two year-old, who lives with his extended #family in #Kathmandu, #Nepal. His aunts, uncles and cousins used to live in three #houses next to each other, but when the #earthquakes hit Nepal earlier this year, two were destroyed. Luckily,
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Haoa, 35 has been leading an ActionAid-funded women’s group in her village in #Bangladesh to campaign for the river embankments to be made stronger. This will help keep salty sea water out of the village and protect the population and their crops. Haoa g
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Shubarna, 13, in her school uniform on a boat given to her community by #ActionAid. When the floods come Shubarna can't get to #school because the boat can't manage the flood waters. The longer girls stay out of education, the higher the risk that they wi
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Sofia, 32 from #Bangladesh, is one of the many women whose lives have been affected by climate change. Her house, in a village in Kalapara Sub-district, was destroyed in a cyclone, and she fears it may happen again. She used to struggle to feed her childr
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Asma, 35, standing on a broken embankment overlooking the Rabnabad Channel near her home, in southern #Bangladesh. A #mother of five, Asma moved to this embankment in 2013 after her house in a nearby village was destroyed by flooding. Her home now is stil
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Fatema is 21 and has two children. She used to live in a small hut in a nearby village in Faridpur, that was continually inundated by flooding. When her son, Reeath (now 3), was 6 months old, he became sick from diarrhoea due to a shortage of clean water.
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Shefqe, 24, is from #Afghanistan. She holds her seven-month-old #baby girl in Moria #refugee camp, #Lesvos, #Greece. Find out how we’re supporting #women like Shefque: http://po.st/DED0JF #PhotoOfTheDay by #ActionAid #ChangeLivesForGood PHOTO @gm404 @pan
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Meet Shreya, 23, and her newborn #baby – they’re just one of the #families we’ve helped since Nepal’s devastating #earthquakes six months ago. 23-year-old Shreya was eight months #pregnant when the first #earthquake hit #Nepal and was terrified she’d lose
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The poorest #women and #children in the world are being threatened by #climatechange. #Girls futures are at stake. Shubarna, 13, wants to become a #doctor to help the people in her village along the North Channel in Faridpur. When the floods come she can'
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#Climate change is happening now, and is threatening the poorest #women and #children in the #world. For #girls, it's often their #futures that are at stake. In climate disasters, girls are likely to drop out of #school, and are often pressured to #marry
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Safia lost her 7-year-old daughter Rima when #Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh in 2007. She found her little girl's body lying face down in a pothole. "She was wearing the same white t-shirt and blue trousers I had dressed her in the day she was swept away,"
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#Climate change is happening now, and is threatening the poorest #women and #children in the #world. For #girls, it's often their #futures that are at stake. In climate disasters, girls are likely to drop out of #school, and are often pressured to #marry
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Taslima, 35, is a single #mum living right on the edge of a #river embankment with her five children in #Bangladesh. #Climate change is threatening her family. She cannot grow #crops, and #storms have destroyed her #home twice. Taslima's daughter has to #
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Washing your #hands might seem like a very simple thing to do. But this small act can help #save #lives. On ?#?GlobalHandwashingDay?, we look at how spreading awareness of the importance of handwashing, and providing #soap and buckets needed to do it, has
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Washing your #hands might seem like a very simple thing to do. But this small act can help #save #lives. On ?#?GlobalHandwashingDay? we look at how spreading awareness of the importance of handwashing, and providing #soap and buckets needed to do it, has
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When the #Ebola outbreak struck #SierraLeone, Kadiatu, 38, became an #ActionAid #community mobiliser. She worked to raise awareness of the dangers of Ebola, and tell #people how they could avoid catching and spreading the virus. So far, 3,952 people in
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Hawanatu is 11 and lives in #SierraLeone. She says: “#Ebola has really affected our #community. When I leave #school I want to be a #nurse or health worker. I want to be able to #help my people if they get sick or ill and be able to treat them." Hawan
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#Women work on a #farm in Gaba Tulla #Kenya that has been set up next to a #water pan. This was part of a Female #Farmers’ Association project run by #ActionAid in to combat #drought in May 2012. #iddr #PhotoOfTheDay by @kateholtphoto/ActionAid #changel
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Today is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, so we’re sharing images of our work building #resilience to #natural #disasters over the past few years. Here, Tika, 36, and Mohan, 30, pause for a portrait while working on a corrugated iron #roof of
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Today is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, so we’re sharing images of our work building #resilience to #natural #disasters over the past few years. Here, Tika, 36, and Mohan, 30, pause for a portrait while working on a corrugated iron #roof of
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Le Van Thuan (top left), Bau Nguyen Gia (top middle), Son Phan Anh (far right), Duong Nguyen Huu (bottom left), Hue Tran Thi (bottom middle), Huong Pham Quoc (bottom right) show the #life vests, loudspeaker, protective #helmets, #medical kit used to #resc
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#malalisonisland is a 15 minute #boat ride away from the main city of #Culasi in Antique Province in the #Philippines. The #island is blessed with #sparkling waters and a powdery white-sand shore that invites #tourists to #dive and enjoy the #beach. But f
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Local residents of Philippeaux, #Haiti, participate in a #community organized clean-up of #flood prone areas in 2010. #iddr #PhotoOfTheDay: Charles Eckert/ActionAid #changelivesforgood
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Hassanatu, aged 13, is smiling because she can go to #school, as her class in Sierra Leone is sponsored by #ActionAid. #Education is one of the best ways to #empower #girls to lift themselves out of poverty. #PhotoOfTheWeek by Greg Funnell/ActionAid @g
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Egyptian women’s rights #lawyer Azza Soliman is due in court on 24 October. Her crime? Witnessing the killing of a #peaceful protester in #Cairo. Azza says, “I need to be #free so I can keep fighting for #women.” Listen to Azza’s #inspirational podcast:
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Tiwonge was often beaten by her #husband at their #home in #Malawi. As she left the house to address a group of women in 2006, her husband once again beat her. “I said enough is enough. I could not take it any longer.” At that moment, something changed a
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We were one of the first agencies to mobilise in #communities in Sierra Leone to raise awareness of the threat posed by #Ebola. Volunteers including (left to right) Amie, Kaimuta, Lilian, Safia, Jimmy and Finda have been working on the front line for a
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Afia from #Ghana was only 14 when she became #pregnant. Because both she and her school boyfriend were underage, her parents pressured her to abort the baby,or to give him away for adoption. When she refused, her parents threatened to kill the #baby.
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