Action Relief exists to end poverty and the injustices that cause it. It is how we pursue this lofty goal that makes us different. All Action Relief work – from direct services provided in the field to the policy solutions we propose in the halls of power – is driven by poor and excluded people we work with around the world.
Our rights-based approach means that we fight to help the people we seekto benefit claim the rights, tools and access they need to put an end to the poverty in their own lives. We provide immediate assistance where it is needed, deliver long-term health care and educational services to give communities the support they need to thrive, and we work in the halls of power to ensure the policies of influential countries and institutions help rather than harm the interests of poor people.
Our rights-based approach also demands that we be accountable to the people we serve and to our supporters.
Our Philosophy
Poverty matters. It matters to poor people, fighting to feed and care for their families in the face of injustice and want. It matters to our supporters who want a better world for all of humankind. Together with our supporters and with the poor people whose voices direct our work, we are making real change.
We listen to and learn from poor people to identify and help them fulfill their own needs, encouraging them to lobby decision-makers in their own countries, and campaigning and calling for change from those who hold power on the international stage.
Action Relief works on the ground and in the halls of power to end poverty. In communities based, our work includes on-the-ground provision of health care, education, food, assistance in the face of natural disasters and conflict, and developing capacity of civil society to effect change in vulnerable groups
Poverty is our problem. But we are hopeful. Our optimism comes from the people we work with every day. They are making change in spite of the odds they face. They are an inspiration. Together, we will end poverty once and for all.
