Emergencies

Emergencies

ACT Alliance has likely already long been working in almost any community around the globe before a humanitarian emergency strikes, and will be there long after world attention has shifted elsewhere, coordinating fundraising for and delivery of life-saving food, shelter, water and sanitation.

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Pakistan: A family tries its best to recover

Pakistan: A family tries its best to recover

Sep 17, 2010

The questions of where and how to rebuild their lives are causing anguish to a Pakistani family.

Pakistan: Winter fast approaching flood-afffected

Pakistan: Winter fast approaching flood-afffected

Sep 17, 2010

The onset of winter is causing further woes for Pakistanis struggling with floods.

Haiti earthquake response: six month update

Haiti earthquake response: six month update

Sep 08, 2010

Video update from ACT member CRWRC, six months after the earthquake in Haiti

Pakistan: children growing up quickly

Pakistan: children growing up quickly

Sep 08, 2010

Children like Rizvan escaped the floods with their lives. Now they are helping their families survive.

DRC: Relief for fire-ravaged villages

DRC: Relief for fire-ravaged villages

Sep 06, 2010

ACT members in the DRC are helping villagers who lost everything in wildfires.

Somalia: hidden catastrophe needs attention, ACT says

Somalia: hidden catastrophe needs attention, ACT says

Sep 01, 2010

Massive need in lawless and violent Somalia is the aim of an upcoming ACT appeal.

Chile: trauma and psychosocial care

Chile: trauma and psychosocial care

Aug 31, 2010

Natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering, what do we do about it?

Chile: prioritising participation

Chile: prioritising participation

Aug 31, 2010

ACT members and their partners work with community participation to solve problems after the earthquake

Chile: survivors' camp

Chile: survivors' camp

Aug 31, 2010

People who lost their houses in the tsunami live in camps like Villa Bosquemar

Chile: television report on ACT work

Chile: television report on ACT work

Aug 31, 2010

TV report from 24 Horas, national television news in Chile, on ACT-supported work after the earthquake

Chile: "a successful earthquake"

Chile: "a successful earthquake"

Aug 31, 2010

The earthquake in Chile was bigger than that in Haiti, but killed far fewer people. In this sense it was a "successful earthquake".

Pakistan: brick by brick some areas rebuild

Pakistan: brick by brick some areas rebuild

Aug 27, 2010

As floods recede in some areas, Pakistanis are slowly building back their homes.

Chile: post-disaster housing

Chile: post-disaster housing

Aug 27, 2010

SEPADE, a partner of ACT members in Chile, is building for some of the people who lost their houses in the earthquake and tsunami

Rural Haiti: The issue is food

Rural Haiti: The issue is food

Aug 26, 2010

Plans to build back Haiti's rural economy are as crucial as Port-au-Prince's rebirth.

Pakistan: Survivors' stories

Pakistan: Survivors' stories

Aug 19, 2010

Pakistan survivors tell stories of the flood and how ACT support is helping them recover

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Human rights and protection

Human rights and protection

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 Food security

Food security

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Psychosocial support

Psychosocial support

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Capacity Development

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Quality and Accountability

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