Christie Ntwari/ActionAidEmpowering young people to create lasting change
All around the world, young people have a burning dream to bring about lasting and just change. Our most important aim is to keep those dreams alive – and to support activists, social movements, organizations and networks so that they can fight oppression and violence.
The path to lasting change
We believe that the right path to lasting change is to organize people and create change together. We believe that people in vulnerable and oppressed situations are entitled to know about their rights and to organize and fight for those rights. Working with people around the world, we push for political change and ensure access to schools, health clinics, clean water and more. We call this work rights-based development.
Young people and women can change the world
These long-term efforts often require many years of work before the effects become evident. For example, in 2021 our years-long struggle to get engaged young people active in democratic efforts in Zambia resulted in a significant increase of youth participation in the country’s democratic elections. And through past efforts in Gambia, we built a solid and strong network of committed activists who successfully pushed for a more democratic Gambia.
Global Platforms - Schools around the world
Global Platforms is a worldwide network of schools that offer courses on human rights, global citizenship, campaign planning, entrepreneurship, volunteering, communication and social media. We provide courses and capacity-building support for organizations and young people who want to help create positive change in their society.
Establishing platforms in some of the world’s poorest countries is part of ActionAid Denmark’s strategy to create a more just world community by supporting the rights of people living in poverty and oppression.
Our humanitarian work
We help people in need after disasters and crises, we protect people’s rights and support the affected communities so that they are stronger after rebuilding than before the disaster struck. We provide support in a wide range of disaster areas around the world – and we are always at the ready to deploy help where needed.
A global organization
ActionAid’s headquarters are located in Johannesburg, South Africa. This makes us the only large international development organization headquartered in Africa. We also have offices in Asia, North, South and Central America, and Europe.
Technical coaching for organisations, social movements and young people
Advisors and Inspirators function as mentors for the young people who fight for political change. They work where the young people live, so they are easily accessible for the young people on a day to day basis. Our Advisors and Inspirators always come from a different place than where they work. By coming from a different area in the same country or different country allows them to bring new and alternative perspectives on how challenges can be solved.
