Editing ActionAid (section)

{{Short description|International non-governmental organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox organization
|name                = ActionAid
|image               = Actionaid logo.svg
|size                = 270px
|formation           = {{start date and age|1972}}
|founder             = [[Cecil Jackson-Cole]]
|type                = [[International non-governmental organization|International NGO]]
|status              = [[Nonprofit organization]]
|headquarters        = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
|region_served       = Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Americas
|membership          = Child sponsors
|leader_title        = Secretary General
|leader_name         = Arthur Larok
|purpose             = ActionAid works with communities to reduce poverty and promote human rights
|website             = [http://www.actionaid.org/ www.actionaid.org]
}}

'''ActionAid''' is an [[international non-governmental organization]] whose stated primary aim is to work against poverty and injustice worldwide.<ref name="Who we are {{!}} ActionAid">{{cite web|url=http://www.actionaid.org/who-we-are|title=Who we are|publisher=ActionAid|access-date=25 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005813/http://www.actionaid.org/who-we-are|archive-date=20 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organisations, on a range of development issues. It was founded in 1972 by [[Cecil Jackson-Cole]] as a [[child sponsorship]] charity (originally called Action in Distress) when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in [[India]] and [[Kenya]], the primary focus being is providing children with an education, further the human rights for all, assisting people that are in poverty, assisting those who face discrimination,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.actionaid.org/what-we-do|title=What we do {{!}} ActionAid|website=www.actionaid.org|language=en|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113034100/http://www.actionaid.org/what-we-do|archive-date=13 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also assist people who face injustice.<ref name="Who we are {{!}} ActionAid" /> ActionAid works with over 15 million people in 45 countries to assist those people.<ref name="Who we are {{!}} ActionAid"/>

Today its head office is located in [[South Africa]] with hubs in [[Asia]], the [[Americas]] and [[Europe]]. ActionAid was the first big [[INGO]] to move its headquarters from the [[global north]] to the [[global south]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/why-actionaid-had-move-its-headquarters-britain-south-africa|title=Facilitating more than leading|website=Development and Cooperation|language=en|date=10 October 2015|first=Adriano|last= Campolina|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.devex.com/news/internationalizing-your-ngo-4-lessons-from-actionaid-84477|title='Internationalizing' your NGO: 4 lessons from ActionAid|website=Devex|language=en|first=Anna|last= Patton|date=6 October 2014|access-date=4 December 2017}}</ref> ActionAid's current strategy aims to "build international momentum for social, economic and [[environmental justice]], driven by people living in poverty and exclusion".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.actionaid.org/publications/action-global-justice|title=Strategy 2028: Action for Global Justice|website=www.actionaid.org|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074519/http://www.actionaid.org/publications/action-global-justice|archive-date=20 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> This includes running campaigns and providing training and resources for social movements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ActionAid |date=2024-01-17 |title=Interactive, Self Paced Mini Courses on Organising : Global Organizing and Leadership Development GOLD |url=https://commonslibrary.org/interactive-self-paced-mini-courses-on-organising-global-organizing-and-leadership-development-gold/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}</ref>