“I am better at my job than most men”

When one pictures a construction worker or a carpenter, the first thought for many is that this person is going to be male.

Aye, 21, from the Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar is an exception. She, as one of ACTED’s most recent female construction graduates, now has a positive alternative to illegal migration which is often seen as the only possible paths for young people in the region.

La guerre au Yémen continue de faire rage et entre dans sa sixième année sans qu’une fin claire ne soit en vue. Les communautés ont dû s’adapter à l’incertitude de trouver du travail, de la nourriture et de la sécurité pour leurs familles. Avec peu de perspectives d’amélioration de la situation, une partie croissante de la population s’enfonce encore plus dans l’insécurité alimentaire alors que les ressources publiques se tarissent et que les emplois se font de plus en plus rares.

As inflation soars across Yemen, ACTED provides immediate cash assistance

The war in Yemen continues to rage into its sixth year with no clear end in sight. Communities have had to adjust to the uncertainty of finding work, food and security for their families. With little prospect for improvement in the situation, a growing portion of the population is falling further into food insecurity as public resources dry up and jobs become increasingly scarce.

Fighting Covid-19 with Myanmar refugees on the Thai-Myanmar border

Who could have supported ACTED Covid-19 home-visit interventions in refugee camps better than the residents themselves?
To prevent the virus from entering Ban Mai Nai Soi and Ban Mae Surin refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border, 36 Myanmar refugees joined ACTED to conduct information sessions on Covid-19 and Hygiene Kits distribution to all camp residents.
We asked four of them to share their experience with us.

11 rehabilitated health centres in Chad

Providing new shelters to Yemenis affected by flash floods

Isolated in the low rising mountains on the Gulf of Aden, Yemeni families displaced from Al Hudaydah as a result of the protracted conflict have been living in dilapidated and unfinished housing for over a year. Poorly sheltered from the weather, they experienced further hardship following the unanticipated flash flooding in early April.

ACTED is responding through the provision of shelter materials to support more than 1,500 vulnerable people worst affected by the flooding.

Securing access to basic hygiene products for Lebanon’s most vulnerable

Preparing Myanmar refugees for a brighter future

Convergences publishes “3Zero: 100 Concrete Solutions for Tomorrow’s World”

At a time when the whole world is experiencing an unprecedented upheaval with day to day life brought to a screeching halt, how can we prepare the aftermath of the crisis? How can we make the Covid-19 outbreak an opportunity to question our standards and to create a sustainable and inclusive future?

In Colombia, ACTED provides life-saving financial support to the most vulnerable families during Covid-19

EU and ACTED embark on first humanitarian Pilot Programmatic Partnership

Humanitarian air-bridge to CAR ensures continuation of life-saving operations by ACTED

Mental wellbeing is one call away in Lebanon

Displaced communities in Ibb receive urgent assistance

Photo Story: Training the next generation of Beauty Therapists in Thailand

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