The Alliance for Action Aid in Africa (Action AidA) is a non profit organisation working to promote African aid to reach directly to vulnerable communities in Africa, through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of extreme poverty. The Action AidA works on behalf of vulnerable communities by implementing practical projects / initiatives that address the extreme causes of poverty and aim to dramatically reduce poverty across Sub Sahara Africa.

The Alliance for Action Aid in Africa can be also described as an Alliance for African People’s Aid. It places more emphasis on working to fight poverty and its root causes in Africa. The Action AidA places special focus on working alongside poor people in Africa by equipping them with the proper resources, so that they can have the power to help themselves and their entire communities to escape from poverty. African people are at the heart of Action AidA’s community-based efforts and anti-poverty actions to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to health care, health education and sanitation, improve food security and nutrition, expand economic opportunity through skill training and income generating and social mobilisation. Action AidA will also consider delivering emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters in Africa, and helps people rebuild their lives.

The failure of the past efforts to sufficiently ameliorate the situation of the lower strata of the society living below the poverty line is a well known fact. With this fact in view, the Action AidA envisages to develop and implement programmes that address the issues and problems of the lower rung of the society, by involving the poor and the disadvantaged groups themselves as partners in such efforts. It plays a crucial role in social mobilisation, advocacy and lobbying, fund raising, project implementations which will directly reach to vulnerable communities in Africa.

This is a social movement for change, creating awareness through broad-based on campaigns across the African continent, including presentations, and marches as well as advertising efforts thereby mobilising citizens to become involved and to act in their spheres of influence. It aims to provide hope with the message that we can make poverty to become a histoire.

It also engages in co-ordinated advocacy and lobbying towards policy change, where necessary, as well as towards strengthening the implementation of existing policies and laws related poverty eradication.

The Alliance for Action Aid in Africa hopes to break the cycle of poverty and despair. It empowers poor communities in Africa to work for positive change. It seeks to help directly African communities to live where all human beings are in equal value and sharing resources.

Action AidA believes poverty is an injustice which must be overcome. Poverty makes people more vulnerable to conflict and natural calamity; much of this suffering can be prevented, and must be relieved. People’s vulnerability to poverty and suffering is increased by unequal power relations. For example, gender, race, class, caste and disability well as poor policy. Women, who make up a majority of the world’s poor, are especially disadvantaged.

Action AidA works with local community to build a safer world, in which people take control over their own lives and enjoy their basic rights. Action AidA believes also in overcoming poverty and suffering which involves changing unjust policies and practices.

Our Vision: To make poverty history by working to reduce poverty and its root cause in Africa through supporting and working directly with poor community in Africa. To that end, Action AidA seeks a continent of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and African people live in dignity and security. Action AidA will be a social force dedicated to ending poverty in Africa. It will be known everywhere in Africa for its unshakable commitment to end poverty and promote the dignity of African people.

Our Mission: Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in Africa by working to reduce extreme forms of poverty through multi-facet approaches and to promote innovative solutions to end poverty in Africa. Action AidA facilitates lasting change by:
- Acting against poverty and its root causes by influencing policy decisions at all levels
- Improving access to basic education
- Preventing the spread of HIV
- Increasing access to health care, health education and sanitation
- Improving food security and nutrition
- Expanding economic opportunity through skill training and income generating
- Conducting Social mobilisation.

Guided by the aspirations of Africa communities, Action AidA pursues its mission with both excellence and compassion because the African people whom we serve deserve nothing less.

Operates in: All of South Africa
Established in: 2008

Non-Profit Organisation Number: 079-660
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Contact person: Justin
Phone: 073 547 8728
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Website: www.actionaida.org

Physical address: 100 Corlett Drive, Birnam
Postal address: P.O. Box 15744, Doornfontein, 2028