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  • Children affected by the 2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Photo: Kate Holt/ActionAid

    The DRC Ebola outbreak explained

    Posted in Blog on 22 July 2019

    Find out what Ebola is, what's happening in the DRC and how ActionAid are responding to the 2019 Ebola outbreak. 

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  • House damaged in the Heritage Village at Raghurajpur Bhubaneswar after Cyclone Fani struck India. Photo: ActionAid

    Cyclone Fani: What’s happening in India and Bangladesh?

    Posted in Blog on 3 May 2019

    India's largest ever cyclone in decades made landfall on its east coast on 3rd May 2019. Find out key facts about what happened and how ActionAid is helping on the ground.

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  • Cyclone Kenneth was Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone.

    Cyclone Kenneth was Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone. Photo: ActionAid

    Cyclone Kenneth: latest updates

    Posted in Blog on 26 April 2019

    Cyclone Kenneth, Mozambique's strongest ever cyclone, hit the southern African country barely a month after Cyclone Idai caused death and mass destruction. Cyclone Kenneth has killed 38 people so far and destroyed buildings in the province of Cabo Delgado. Find out key facts about the disaster as it unfolds.

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  • A destroyed house in Ngangu township Chimanimani. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/ActionAid

    Cyclone Idai in Southern Africa 2019

    Posted 12 April 2019

    Cyclone Idai was one of the worst weather-related disasters to ever hit the southern hemisphere. Find out about Cyclone Idai, the damage it caused and how it affected people in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

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  • Local women leading the sorting and distribution of donated clothes after the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Photo: Andri Tambunan/ActionAid

    Tsunami in Indonesia 2018

    Posted 4 April 2019

    Since the 2018 earthquakes and tsunami in Indonesia, ActionAid has helped to support more than 60,000 people to rebuild their homes and lives. Learn more.

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  • A family sits under temporary shelter after floods in Sindh, Pakistan

    A family sits under temporary shelter after floods in Sindh, Pakistan. Photo: Saima Javaid/IRC/DEC

    Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

    Posted 11 December 2017

    ActionAid is a member charity of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), working together to deliver aid to people most affected by humanitarian disasters around the world.

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