ActionAid

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ActionAid was founded in 1972 as a child sponsorship charity when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya, the focus primarily being to provide children with an education. The organisation is now one of the UK's largest development agencies helping over 13 million of the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people worldwide, working with local partners to make the most of their knowledge and experience.

ActionAid International works in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The international secretariat is based in South Africa, and operations are organised on a regional basis; managed from Kenya, Thailand and Brazil. Within each region there are a number of countries with an ActionAid office that manages the work there. The international functions for finance, policy, organisational development and marketing are based in the UK, and there is a US office in Washington DC for fundraising and influencing purposes.

1 ActionAid's work
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[edit] ActionAid's work

Over time, ActionAid has moved from being a British charity based on child sponsorship to becoming an international coalition fighting poverty across the globe. ActionAid works with poor and marginalised communities throughout the world to help them recognise, promote and secure their basic rights, and control their own development. Its mission is to work with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice.

In order to achieve its mission, ActionAid works in the following areas;